Posted on 01/26/2006 12:55:39 AM PST by mal
Are you for real dear?
ANYONE who DOESN'T think saddam had WMD is a blind fool and self-deluding, not to mention, just a tad stupid. Are you THAT unaware? I'm betting there are a few thousand Kurds who would LOVE to set you straight.
The war occurred because saddam got on that one last nerve- years of defying UN sanctions and throwing UN inspectors out, funding terrorists, training camps for them in his country and shooting at American and other countries' jets in both no-fly zones was certainly enough- even for those who WEREN't bothered by his rape rooms and "people shredders".
The stupidity of the left never ceases to amaze me.
WHO was going to stand up to this international criminal?..Canada?
Grow a brain...please.
I'm hoping that you are aware that a "wmd" is more than just nukes..right?
A WMD is also bio- and chemical weapons. He showed his willingness to use these against his own people.
As to nukes- WHATEVER he had in this area is gone- just like the rest of what he had- into another country and in the hands of people who are as antagonistic as he towards ALL the western democracies. Some of us are NOT surprised to hear that most of it ended up in Syria- I have been saying as much since the start.
It doesn't matter HOW far along he might have been in developing nukes, it would have been NUTZ to take such an action against the US. He KNEW his regime wouldn't stand against another war with us. As I said- saddam could NEVER be referred to as stupid. But his hatred, just as with the rest of those murdering savages, is very real. I don't doubt that he was more than willing to send what he had out to be used by others.
I agree completely.
Yeah I was'nt thinking of nukes at all, just chemicals.
As to nukes- WHATEVER he had in this area is gone- just like the rest of what he had- into another country and in the hands of people who are as antagonistic as he towards ALL the western democracies. Some of us are NOT surprised to hear that most of it ended up in Syria- I have been saying as much since the start.
My guess is that he had no nukes and wasn't very close either, but trusting these guys to act like civil human beings isn't a great option. That's why we're being faced with an awful dilemma in Iran right now. The "proliferation" of nuclear weapons is a world wide threat. If nuclear devices can be carried in a suitcase by a nutjob fundamentalist Muslim willing to sacrifice all for his fake god, then nobody is safe!
No answer to my post 115?
"No it was only one of, on a long list or reasons to go to war . . ."
"even worse reasons"
If you think that, OK, but I think they are ALL good reasons.
Not the least of which is Al Qaida declared War on us, and Pres Clinton ignored it, at our loss!
I agree with you. I suspect that we do know where the WMDs went, and we're not divulging the information until we're ready to act upon it. In the end, the antiwar naysaying left will lose.
If we keep blogging about the book and buying copies to get it higher on Amazon (currently #21) and get it to hit the NYTimes list, then the MSM will be almost forced to cover it.
Ah, Helloooo. Time to smell the coffee! The Syrian Journalist's site detailing the WMD's relocation has been up for YEARS now.
Syria has known its cover has been blown for those YEARS.
Meanwhile Assad has cozied up and enjoyed his chats lying to Colin Powell.
This story is only news to the MSM.
The real issue is why the Administration refuses to admit what we know of the WMD relocation. Dick Cheney is the only one who has come closest to deviating from the Party Line that the "intel was mistaken."
The simplest conclusion is that they...i.e., GWB/Rice/Rove made two big policy mistakes:
(1) They apparently determined that the War On Terror as a "Global" military campaign was effectively over...and there would be no "Hot Pursuit" into Syria or Iran.
(2) Hence, secondly, (since the WOT was effectively over without actual resolution), they needed to simply manage it politically...and strive for closure of the WOT with the pacification of Iraq.
The underlying assumption behind this hugely mistaken political calculation was that there would be less political blowback to suddenly claim the WMD's never existed, deny the transfer of the WMD's to Syria....and just plain 'forget about it.' Hence, as numerous reports claimed, Kay's ISG forces never got out of the Green Zone.
The Upshot of a CoverUp of the Iraqi WMD's is straightforward: All such reports as this Iraqi General thence need to be doubted publicly, their authors marginalized and discounted in some way. Typical Xlintonian stuff.
The reason it was a mistaken political calculation, as we saw in 2004 dang-near losing a slam-dunk election, is that it gives fuel to the Moonbats...Michael Moore cretins, spreading the shallow lies of Soros and the MoveOn.org crowd...but the far more deadly political effect is on the Base...the conservative movement...which is willing to foregive an intel lapse...
But I don't believe that the Conservative Base would be willing to foregive a conscious cover-up, for purely political convenience, of the facts that the Baathist WMD's had successfully evaded capture...and that the decision had been reached secretly to just let them go...and then cover-up that escape. The Coverup, to us conservatives, becomes the issue which erodes confidence. Evidence of the coverup has existed right along.. to consciously and deliberately fail to seriously look for residual evidence of stockpiles that were sealed up to evade detection still secreted around the country, as are some reports in the South of Iraq are just one example.
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