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Their wordsThese 17th century debates remind us that if you have an unshakable belief in something, then no amount of evidence (or lack of evidence) can convince you otherwise.
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Donald Rumsfeld's tendency to use caveats allowed him to avoid accountability for his statements.
Their wordsPart of his defense was that he was very adept at putting caveats into everything that he said so that he could go back later and cite the caveat.
Their wordsWell, I think the die was cast not only concerning weapons of mass destruction, but concerning the invasion and the immediate aftermath.
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