The Phony WMD Controversy

The Phony WMD Controversy

The media and the Democrats continue to be obsessed with the weapons of mass destruction that have yet to be found in Iraq. Don't be misled here, this has nothing to do with finding the truth. Their true mission: to prove that George Bush knowingly misled the American people and invaded Iraq knowing there weren't any weapons of mass destruction. But there were, and the Democrats and their buddies in the media know it.

In an Oval Office interview with the President taped Saturday but aired yesterday morning on Meet the Press, Tim Russert grilled Bush for most of the hour on this very issue. What always seems to get left out is the fact that Saddam Hussein defied the United Nations for 12 years, violated resolution after resolution, had WMD, used WMD and kicked out inspectors. The man threatened the world and his neighbors...that is, until a Republican moved into the White House.

No, what is really happening here is that the Democrats are not being called out on their selective amnesia about Iraq. For 8 years during the Clinton administration, many Democrats warned of the threat of Saddam Hussein and even sent letters to the President concerned that enough wasn't being done. It wasn't until George Bush came along and did something about Saddam Hussein that they are all upset.

President Bush only did what the Democrats and the UN were too afraid to do themselves; he rid the world of Saddam Hussein, and made the world a safer place.

Do you buy the idea that those weapons didn't exist, or that Saddam destroyed them? Consider this: At one time Iraq claimed that it had 8,500 liters of anthrax. Sounds like a lot, doesn't it? That would be 8.5 tons. In February Colin Powell said that it was possible that Hussein could have three times that much anthrax in liquid form. That would be 25 tons. How much space would it take to hide 25 tons of liquid anthrax? One 18-wheel tanker truck. That's all. Remember, please, that Hussein had Russian MIG jet fighters buried in the Iraqi desert. How many places could you bury a tanker truck? Or maybe you would just reduce that liquid anthrax to powder form? How much space would that take? About 12 suitcases. Twelve suitcases could have been hidden in Saddam's spidey hole. Just something to think about.

You know.....something puzzles me regarding the WMDs.

Here is the scenario as Bush consults with his intelligence sources:

Bush: 'Hey Maynard. What's the latest on those ole' WMDs over in Iraq?'

Maynard: 'Well, Mr. President. We know he's got 'em, but Gosh! I just can't for the life of me remember where we saw the darned things. Fallujah, Kirkuk, Baghdad........Hell, I dunno'. All those places over there look just alike to me.'

Bush claimed intelligence said they were there, but they sure as heck didn't know where they were. How does that happen? They ain't found 'em yet, Bunkie.

Do we get rid of Bush or do we fire everybody in intelligence services?

RO

Option three, 86 em both.

We get rid of Bush. He's the one responsible for the cherry-picking of intelligence to grab on to the stuff he liked (supported invading Iraq) and ignoring the stuff he didn't (didn't support invading Iraq).

On 26 Jun 2005 19:00:14 -0700, 'Doris Torres'

Jesus Herbert Christ, you guys never give up. 8^) Even the adminstration has admitted there were no WMD. THEY say the invasion had nothing to do with WMD, that it was just a red herring. And you STILL believe it?

It will do no good to remind you taht Saddam Hussein did not kick the inspectors out of the country. They left before bombing began. And we knew then (as we do now) that he did not manufacture WMDs after the war with Iran. And any WMD he had from before (that WE supplied him) would have been way past its shelf life.

There is even good evidence to suggest the gas used in Halabja was Iranian, not Iraqi. That was the official line of the Reagan and Bush41 adminstrations at the time.

For someone who irresponsibly repeats lies after they've been totally shown to be lies, after even the administration admits they were lies, you have a lot of chutzpah to accuse the Dems of 'selective amnesia' 8^)

Clinton bombed Iraq just about every week for 8 years. His policy of containment of Saddam worked just fine. Clinton didn't find it necessary to start an unnecessary war based on lies and kill 100,000 Iraqis and 1700 American kids.

Oh brother. If you think the world is safer now, I've got some WMD to sell you 8^D

Your side is sounding more and more desperate as time goes by. We were told by the admin. just how many tons of this and liters of that Saddam had, and even where it was. None of it was found. None of it existed. Powell presented carefully-selected evidence to the UN and within 24 hrs it was completely debunked. Powell himself later said it was 'bullshit' and he was angry for being forced to present evidence he didn't believe himself. He was the only guy in the administration that people trusted, so he was forced to destroy his credibility and then fired.

Bush said Saddam had nuclear weapons, and when he could no longer make that ludicrous claim with a straight face he said instead that Saddam had a nuclear program. When that could no longer be said he said Saddam had WMD and was sharing them with terrorists. They were -all- lies. Total fabrications to serve as pretext for an invasion he'd already decided on.

If Clinton lied like that you'd have your little frilly panties all in a knot about it to this day. 8^)

Bush is responsible because he's the top guy. Yes we all know he doesn't know what's going on, but it's his JOB to know and to be responsible. So it's his fault.

As for intelligence, it appears that they were at least trying to do a good job. It's clear that the Bushies were picking and choosing among the intelligence to fit it to the plan. That's hardly the CIA's

yesterday morning on Meet the Press, Tim Russert grilled Bush for most of the hour on this very issue. What always seems to get left out is the fact that Saddam Hussein defied the United Nations for 12 years, violated resolution after resolution, had WMD, used WMD and kicked out inspectors. The man threatened the world and his neighbors...that is, until a Republican moved into the White House.

called out on their selective amnesia about Iraq. For 8 years during the Clinton administration, many Democrats warned of the threat of Saddam Hussein and even sent letters to the President concerned that enough wasn't being done. It wasn't until George Bush came along and did something about Saddam Hussein that they are all upset. <<

Clinton and Bush had the same information. Both considered Saddam to be a threat. Clinton dealt with the threat they same way the US successfully dealt with past threats of a similar nature: containment through global alliances and global cooperation, sanctions, no fly zones, controlled use of force, etc. The result was that Clinton contained Saddam and cleansed Iraq of its WMD, without the loss of a single American life, without recruiting legions of Islamic youth to Jihad, without the loss of America's once shining reputation, without making America into the most hated nation on earth, without the loss of 1800 Americans, 100,000 innocent Iraqis, without the loss of $200 billion dollars, which happens to be about 3,000 time as much new money as Bush is putting into Port Security.

And then there is this: Despite the horrific costs to the USA, Bush has yet to kill or capture one single terrorist in Iraq who was a credible, uncontained threat to the USA prior to Bush's War. You disagree? Well, name one...just one.

Don't be surprised if the WMD are 'suddenly found.'

Bush will probably plant the WMD and 'find' them just before the 2006 elections. An 'October surprise.'

You heard it here first.

In 1998 & 1999, Bill Clinton was 100% convinced Saddam had WMDs. He did NOTHING.

-*MORT*-

Are you forgetting the link of the Bush family to the CIA?

WHen you have the Oil-oligarchy owning what everyone thinks is independent intelligence then manipulating anyone even Clinton becomes child's play.

The problem is that now there is a child (a spolied whelp) in the whitehouse and everyone is seeing the hidden workings being exposed.

There are no WMD. There probably never were any WMD (Just bragging by Saddam) WMD are a Bush,Jr invention to start a war. An unwinnable war