Survey results Does President Bush owe you an explanation about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq?

Billoreilly.com ^ | 5/06/03 | Bill Oreilly

[fight_truth_decay]

25269*
No 71%

Yes 29%

[jwalsh07]

Saddam Husseins regime had the means, the technology and the will to produce wmd's and to use them. The regime is now gone and with it a huge threat to America and Americans worldwide. Whether or not they find stocks of anthrax, vx, et al, I could care less unless they have been shipped to Hezbollah in Syria.

At this juncture, that point is wait and see.

[plain talk]

I'm not shocked based on the way the question was phrased.

[Mark Felton]

yes, eventually.

[MinuteGal]

Bill O'Reilly made me almost physically ill tonight. He was in a subtly threatening mode several times, intimating that he would use his air wave power over those who don't think like he does. He was ranting so much that his guests, except for Cuomo, hardly got a word in edgewise.

I don't even want to get into his ravings to the Southwest Legal Foundation guy who became completely cowed even though he had a more legitimate position than Bill.

I'm taking a vacation from O'Reilly for a while. I had enough tonight to last me for a week or so till I cool off. I finally switched over to one of my all-time favorite silent movies, "Metropolis".

Alas, there's an egotistical tyrant featured in that production, also.

Leni

[mathluv]

It was in Georgia. Since when does the governor of a state have any say in a private party?

[caisson71]

He has always though he was God. He's upset that America is just beginning to note and question it.

[mdittmar]

Noticed that a few weeks ago when he referred to the french boycott as being initiated by his show.

Sorry bill,I was way ahead of you.

[cake_crumb]

LOL...I didn't take the survey, but no he doesn't.

[cake_crumb]

Insecticides, even undiluted ones, are not dangerous to people, even if delivered in warheads. That is ONE reaon why President Bush does not owe me an explaination.

[I still care]

I think what Bill may be missing is that many of us (this is my personal opinion) never really believed the ONLY reason for the war was WMD, OR oil, or any of the reasons popularly given.

It was about that it is time the rest of the world realizes that we WILL defend ourselves, and if you harm our citizens, you will get payback. Iraq was the message we sent to the world, that America was not going to be pushed around anymore, like a big stupid puppy. And the message was read and understood, by North Korea, by Syria, and by many others.

When Bill says "the war was sold on WMD", what did he expect the White House to say? We were going to kick the crap out of Iraq so the world would finally get it? This is not Clinton's USA anymore, thank God.

God Bless the leadership of President Bush.

[2rightsleftcoast]

I'm with you all the way on that!
It's done, NEXT !

[William Terrell]

I say he does. I'm willing to wait six months of weapon hunt, then, if there are none of significance found, I want to hear an explanation.

The reason is that I was for this war in Iraq was because of the WMD, and Saddam's probable willing dispersal of them among terrorists who have the same, or greater, hatred of the US as, or than, he does. I did not condone the US doing this as an attack dog for the UN. The idea disgusts me.

[hoboken123]

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[thepitts]

Yes.

[MissAmericanPie]

That is not fair to the President. Iraq evaded and stimied the U.N. inspectors at every turn. All data available to the President indicated that Iraq did have WMD's.

Remember the wire taps where Iraqi researchers were heard to say, "I can't believe they didn't see that", and, "hide this at this location"?

Being from Texas I believe that "he needed killin" is a good enough reason for me. What about the Iraq funding of terrorist organizations? Saddams scheduled meeting with Ben Laden? I don't really care if they ever find WMD's, I suspect they are in Syria or they destroyed them.

Besides I enjoy seeing palaces blown up, and despots over thrown, I think it should become a weekly tv series, it sure beats watching 60 minutes.=o)

[billbears]

That is not fair to the President. Iraq evaded and stimied the U.N. inspectors at every turn. All data available to the President indicated that Iraq did have WMD's.

Why is it not fair? He said it!! Oh, what? Are we now supposed to ignore what our leaders say is the reason until they can come up with a new and improved reason?

[MissAmericanPie]

How about a "fair" critique? Did Iraq do everything in it's power to look guilty? Yes. Did our spy photo's back up their guilt? Yes. Did our eavesdropping indicate they were hiding something from the U.N. inspectors? Yes.

Was the mandate for Iraq to come clean and show everything they had and not make the inspectors hunt and peck throughout the country? Yes. Did Iraq obey the madate? No. Did Iraq illegally use missiles that had a longer range than allowed? Yes.

Has the administration lied and planted WMD's in order to look good? No. Has enough time passed for these weapons to be found, given all the mandates placed on our troops from peace keeping to buddying up to Iraq citizens? No.
Will Bush eventually address this issue, I believe he will, in his own time. But I don't need to hear it because the potential was there. Saddam possessed all the equipment needed to produce them in his mobile labs.

I criticise Bush on issues, but I like him enough to take umbrage at unfair attacks when every evidence we were able to garner indicated that Iraq was capable of manufacturing them, and had the mobile labs set up, running, and able to do just that. If the WMD's are not there, just consider it a pre-emptive strike. Because if we had stood by, he had every means to manufacture them and would have eventually if he felt the coast was clear, or else, why buy the equipment needed to make them?

[Terp]

I voted no in the O'Reilly poll not because I don't think we need and explanation but because it's to early in the game to be even asking the question. O'Reilly should give it a couple more months and if we haven't found the WMD or find out were it went then he can ask the question again.

[Smokin' Joe]

Better ake a couple of minutes and read the label.......