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Hutchison says she wouldn't have supported Iraq invasion if she'd known there were no WMDs
Austin American-Stateman ^ | Friday, October 20, 2006 | W. Gardner Selby

Posted on 10/20/2006 2:18:37 PM PDT by WinOne4TheGipper

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To: Jaysun
You can't skip over everything from the 1940s and arrive at today and expect me to take you seriously.

Do you really think the period from 1945 to 1990 was completely uneventful in terms of U.S. involvement in the Middle East? Or that the events that unfolded in the Middle East from 1945 to today have no relation to each other?

61 posted on 10/20/2006 3:42:54 PM PDT by Alberta's Child (Can money pay for all the days I lived awake but half asleep?)
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To: Alberta's Child
P.S. At no time on this thread have I ever stated -- or even inferred -- that you are "stupid." In fact, I used the term common mistake in my previous to emphasize that stupidity is not a factor here.
62 posted on 10/20/2006 3:45:58 PM PDT by Alberta's Child (Can money pay for all the days I lived awake but half asleep?)
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To: WinOne4TheGipper
Hutchison says she wouldn't have supported Iraq invasion if she'd known there were no WMDs

She's full of crap, WMDs were FOUND!!!

63 posted on 10/20/2006 3:46:27 PM PDT by guestfox01 ("The only two things you can truly depend upon are gravity and greed." - Jack Palance)
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To: Jaysun

Oops -- that last post was intended for you, not me.


64 posted on 10/20/2006 3:46:39 PM PDT by Alberta's Child (Can money pay for all the days I lived awake but half asleep?)
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To: WinOne4TheGipper

To not vote for her is to vote for defeat in Iraq. Defeat is not an option.

She screwed up but to allow her opponent to win her seat is bad for our country. Anyway, it's her last term.


65 posted on 10/20/2006 3:46:59 PM PDT by Warriormom
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To: Jaysun
Alberta's Child is right of course. It's not like the neo cons in power have made any secret of their intentions.

The Statement of Principles put out by by The Project for the New American Century clearly outlines their plans. I personally think Hanson and his buddies in the White House are wrong. Iraq is proving the opposite of their projections. Democracy may not, after all, be compatable with all cultures.

66 posted on 10/20/2006 3:53:06 PM PDT by KDD (A wink is as good as a nod to a blind horse.)
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To: WinOne4TheGipper

She's running for Prez.....put her finger up in the wind and out came that statement.


67 posted on 10/20/2006 3:55:06 PM PDT by fruitintheroom
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To: WinOne4TheGipper
Even without WMDs, the Iraq War is one of the most justified wars in the history of the country.

The only reason to go into Iraq is to protect the U.S. from WMD's and a ruler who has proven that he is fully capable of using them. Without WMD's I cannot imagine a legitimate reason to go to war with Iraq.

68 posted on 10/20/2006 3:56:38 PM PDT by Live and let live conservative
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To: Warriormom

That's just it. Every Texas FReeper could vote against her and she'd still win by a comfortable margin. I am not giving this seat to Radnofsky. If i thought she could win, I'd vote for KBH, but it isn't going to happen.


69 posted on 10/20/2006 3:59:56 PM PDT by WinOne4TheGipper (Sometimes those who scream loudest for "justice" are the ones that want real justice the least.)
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To: KDD

http://newamericancentury.org/RebuildingAmericasDefenses.pdf


70 posted on 10/20/2006 4:01:45 PM PDT by KDD (A wink is as good as a nod to a blind horse.)
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To: Live and let live conservative

I can. Hussein's firing on our planes patrolling the No Fly Zone was reason enough, and he should not have been allowed to stay in power after the attempt on the life of former Pres. Bush.


71 posted on 10/20/2006 4:04:13 PM PDT by WinOne4TheGipper (Sometimes those who scream loudest for "justice" are the ones that want real justice the least.)
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To: WinOne4TheGipper

Another loser heard from -- who advises her? John Dean?
So now is her seat in play? HOW STUPID!!


72 posted on 10/20/2006 4:05:04 PM PDT by Memphis Moe
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To: WinOne4TheGipper

Who said their were no WMDs?
Nobody said they weren't moved in the 11 months of UN debates.

Hutchinson is going retarded.


73 posted on 10/20/2006 4:05:17 PM PDT by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: A CA Guy

their = there


74 posted on 10/20/2006 4:06:27 PM PDT by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: WinOne4TheGipper

So...do you know for SURE she said what they are saying she said?

I keep reading stuff like this, but when I hear context and tone discover that huge portions of the information are being left out.


75 posted on 10/20/2006 4:07:24 PM PDT by pollyannaish
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To: WinOne4TheGipper; kinoxi; Jaysun; 5Madman2; COEXERJ145; Txsleuth; rhombus; Sans-Culotte; ...

Her information is factually inaccurate. WMDs WERE found in Iraq (nuclear and chemical) and people who are able to research it can find documentation to back it up. We have all read about 500 or so chemical shells, but how about the nuclear material that was moved in late '03 early '04?

Here is a link from the BBC...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3872201.stm

Sorry folks I certainly don't mean for this to be a thread hijack but the "no WMD' myth has been perpetuated (even here) for far too long.


76 posted on 10/20/2006 4:14:02 PM PDT by Triggerhippie (Always use a silencer in a crowd. Loud noises offend people.)
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To: WinOne4TheGipper

I agree with her.


77 posted on 10/20/2006 4:14:03 PM PDT by edsheppa
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To: rhombus
Another cut and run conservative.

Did you read anything else in the article?

Honestly, from a conservative standpoint, the danger of WMDs was the only factor significant enough to justify the war. The point of a war is to counter a serious threat to national security (which WMDs would have been), not to build a democracy in another country.

78 posted on 10/20/2006 4:14:10 PM PDT by Young Scholar
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To: WinOne4TheGipper
She's lost my vote.

Ah, you're one of the conservative purists who looks for any excuse to punish a Republican who doesn't meet your exacting standards by voting for a person who represents your views even less.

This is logical in your world. Pity.

79 posted on 10/20/2006 4:14:49 PM PDT by Dog Gone
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To: Sans-Culotte

Not if her reason for supporting the war in the first place was the danger of WMDs. Any person who took that position would only be remaining consistent by saying what she said.


80 posted on 10/20/2006 4:15:22 PM PDT by Young Scholar
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