March 18, 2004

Talking Points nonsense...
Posted by Jon Henke

I'm a bit taken aback by the illogic of this Josh Marshall post....

One of the things we hear again and again from the administration is that Saddam Hussein still had both the intention and the capability to build and possess weapons of mass destruction.

Isn't this a logical fallacy?

I mean, if you have the intention to build WMDs and the ability to build them, then you have WMDs. It's about as close to 2 + 2 = 4 as you get in human affairs.

Josh has wandered into a particularly obtuse corner of "logic", where "intent + capability" means "did it yesterday". Has it really not occurred to Josh Marshall that Saddam wanted WMDs - and could make them - but knew he had to bide his time?

Presumably, Josh Marshall has, at some point, had the intent to buy a car....has even been capable of doing so. Yet, I'm willing to bet money that, at some point, he didn't actually have that car, yet.

And if that's a logical fallacy, I'll buy Josh Marshall a car. I've both the intention and capability. However - if it is, indeed, a logical fallacy - he should already have that car, which should save me a lot of money.

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I've never been aboe to understand why Marshall is so popular.

If he is it - if he is the "thoughtful" liberal that is rumored to exist - than liberalism is in for a very long decade.

Posted by: John Rogers at March 18, 2004 10:57 AM

Let's all buy Josh a car. I have the intent and capability.

I know what you are thinking? When all those cars that suddenly appeared at his residence, is he declaring taxes on them.

time to do this then
http://www.irs.gov/irs/article/0,,id=107522,00.html

Posted by: capt joe at March 18, 2004 05:30 PM

Boy. When I was younger (16 or so), I had the capability and intent to make love to just about every attractive woman I could find. Somehow or other it didn't quite work out that way.

;->=

Posted by: JorgXMcKie at March 18, 2004 10:15 PM
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