If he had a program, why were none ever deployed to invade Kuwait, or to defend Kuwait once occupied, or to defend Iraq once they were driven from Kuwait, or why they were never used while we kept Saddam under our thumb during the 1990’s or during the invasion this time around. If they are in Syria, why didn’t the Syrians use them against the Israelis or Lebanese Army during the hostilities in Beiruit last summer or smuggle some back into Iraq to aid insurgents.
I think if this threat ever existed it would have been deployed.
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This statement is light weight in logic. We told Saddam if he use WMD’s in Kuwait, we would turn Bagidad into shinny glass.
You need to read up on the backdoor communications that goes beyond the news the general sheep feeding level citizen sees.. IE MSM.
“You need to read up on the backdoor communications that goes beyond the news the general sheep feeding level citizen sees.. IE MSM.”
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Ahhh, see I didn’t know that we had threatened to put Saddam on super secret probation. Now it all makes sense.
The most likey scenario is that Saddam had little or no WMDs when the War began not because he had seen the light and just decided to be a nice guy, but because sanctions and inspectors and the loss of technology due to both as well as the first Gulf War had made it difficult if not impossible to maintain. Saddam played a huge bluff, trying to make others believe that he had WMDs to keep regional foes at bay as well as keep domestic opponents in fear. (Note the internal strife today, now that Saddam is not ruling with an iron fist).
I’m not saying that Saddam was a kitten, I’m saying that he was an impotent liar who used the threat of WMDs to sabre rattle. Problem is we called his bluff and kicked his ass as if he really had them.