On Dec 17, 2004, at 4:07 PM, Dan Minette wrote:
From: "Dave Land" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Considering the success of the Hill & Knowlton PR effort behind "Nayirah's" testimony, I'm not surprised that your embassy staffer believes that s/he saw what s/he believes was evidence of what has been quite thoroughly debunked.
It might be worthwhile to see exactly what an eyewitness saw soon after
Kuwait was liberated instead of stating with certainty that what she
thought she saw was debunked. Looking at the condition the hospital was
left in after the Iraq troops had left does afford one the ability to
obtain information that can thereafter be interpreted by a number of folks.
I've seen truths about nuclear power, for example, "debunked" in the
popular press.
Thank you, Dan, but I chose my words carefully: I am quite sure that the embassy staffer *believed* his/her story, and I don't believe s/he was consciously lying. Memory is astonishingly complex and flexible.
Others (thank you, Robert) have dug up plenty more references on the thorough debunking of the "incubator baby" story. It's debunked, OK? Nonetheless, the staffer saw whatever s/he saw, and told Gautam about it. S/he believed what s/he was saying, Gautam believed what s/he was saying.
I don't. So be it.
Dave
PS: I still think Saddam is a bad guy, Gautam.
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