[John Beresford Tipton]

Was this one of them, Mr. President?

[Dog Gone]

It's time to counter the lies.

[Libloather]

About Rather Dan's Saddam interview - Washington Times - 2/28/03 -

There were no follow-up questions about Saddam's past use or present possession of chemical or biological weapons (or the state of his nuclear program) — which, after all, is the central reason for the impending war. Saddam's denial of possessing any such weapons was given a pass, even though his administration had admitted earlier this week that it did find a bomb with chemicals inside it. If Mr. Rather did not have that fact readily to hand during the interview, surely the CBS News division could have provided it in time for Wednesday night's broadcast.

[streetpreacher]

I've supported the President and this war effort, but this is obviously spin. What we've got doesn't amount to much of anything and Wolfowitz's assertion that this war wasn't about WMD alone is bogus. Well, he's right to say that terrorist ties to Iraq were a part of the reason given, but this has not been substantiated. As far as the human rights argument, that didn't even come up until right when were poised to go in, and then only in a last ditch effort to drum up international support. IMO, human rights is the worst reason given, as there is no bearing on our national security. To quote a person I don't always agree with, "We are a republic, not an empire."

I think the Administration is going to have to come up with something much stronger than this. It won't hurt the President politically here in the states (most Americans support the war no matter the reason, but if attacks on American soldiers continue, that support may begin to erode) but it's going to make it darn near impossible to get support for future targets like Iran and North Korea based on the same assertions made about Iraq. Anyway, that's my two-cents worth. Feel free to disagree.

[TheCrusader]

Yes, those two mobile chemical labs were only used to make hotdogs with. And the mustard gas the Marines found in the Euphrates River wasn't dumped hurriedly by the Saddamites, it just grew like algae. And the rockets with empty chemical warheads were never intended to be filled. And the thousands of chem/bio protective suits, and thousands of vials of atropine were merely another coincidence. And a desert the size of California can't hide very much, we should have found the WMD by now. RIGHT. And we haven't found Saddam Hussein either, I suppose that means that he didn't exist? Isn't it funny, Bubba Clinton's war against the Christain Serbs was predicated on "mass graves" of Albanian Muslims. These alleged "mass graves" never materialized as advertised--- never. Yet in Iraq the mass graves contained so many bodies of exectuted men, women and children it's mind boggling. They estimated 15,000 bodies in one grave alone. In Kosovo, they never found more than a hundred or two bodies in any one grave. Bad as that is, it's child's play compared to what Saddam was doing. And of course, those terrorist training camps we found in Iraq weren't a threat to America either I suppose. Not even the jumbo jet shell we found that was used to train hijackers with was troublesome to the liberals. What we discovered in our war with Iraq was two basic things.

(1). That Saddam Hussein was a mass murderer of horrendous proportions, and that he was helping the Muslim terrorists to train and prepare to kill Jews with suicide bomb vests and kill Americans by providing terror training camps; and that he was most likely making and hiding illegal chemical/biological weapons of mass destructon.

(2). That liberal Americans are worse than anybody ever knew, as they tear at President Bush like starving dogs at every single opportunity, even if they have to invent an opportunity.

[JustPiper]

President George W. Bush (news - web sites) and first lady Laura Bush arrive at Krakow-Balice International Airport in Krakow, Poland, Friday, May 30, 2003. Bush will visit the Auschwitz prison camp on Saturday and meet with Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski, an early and staunch ally in the war on terrorism and American efforts to liberate Iraq (news - web sites). (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

[gdc61]

Dennis Miller was on fox the other night and said he thought anyone who said Saddam didn't have chemical weapons should have to drink a glass of water from the Tigris...funny guy, but its no joke. Its the truth. I think everyone(media)forgot about that. the Tigris is a large river, millions of gallons of water and it tested positive for several WMD type chemicals. (where's the ELF when you ned them)coughcough

[FRgal4u]

This is pure spin..we need to find the wmd - at least whatever left of it...

this wmd issue is troubling..did the cia, pentagon try to drum up the seriousness of the wmd to get us involve in iraq..they have a lot of questions need to answer..the real threat here is if next time there is some real wmd threat, no one, not even republicans will listen to these claims..

did the pentagon play a role in hyping the wmd cases here? how about the cia? where is the like of kristol? Rummy, Wolfowitz trying to talk the wmd issue down and backfired...right at the moment when gwb has to face the g8 leaders..tony blair put his career in trusting the wmd claims and all these talks from rummy/wolfowitz are not helping..why can't these people just stfu...if gwb was being lied to by the likes of chalabi, rumsfeld, wolfowitz, he better clean house fast or his 2004 re-election will be in trouble. all those funny stories from the pentagon - bunkers in dora farm, jesse lynch, second saddam strikes - what is going on here...the foot soldiers did a magnificant job, but i have serious doubt on what the intentions of rummy, wolfowitz are...and they are talking about regime chg in iran - NO FRIGGIN WAY if gwb wanna have second term..

[WorkingClassFilth]

Who cares?

Does anyone in a rational state of mind care if mounds of anthrax are found? How 'bout enriched uranium?

Nope.

What is important is that UN sanctions against known WMD's are enforced, and WMD materials and facilities that HAVE been captured are dealt with, and that the known use of WMD's has stopped.

The UN ought to be dancing in the street since we have filled their sanction order to the letter.

[R. Scott]

… U.S. intelligence agencies have said were probably used as mobile biological weapons labs, … "found the weapons of mass destruction"…

Shouldn’t the last phrase read “probably” found the WMD?

[grumple]

The clamoring for WMD's by everyone (except 2) is simply to get someone to go on record as having something. If I were Bush I'd continue operations in Iraq as planned and to hell with the rest of the clamorers (except 2) who want to keep on clap-trapping and demand evidence. It's more of a ploy to find out what our military and this administration have found already and what they actually know. He's setting them up for a big embarrassment. Oh by the way...the fact that the 2 people I keep referring to aren't demanding anything ought to speak volumes about what is going on...those 2 would be Bill and Hillary...

[realpatriot71]

Gotta love the spin - "here's two trailers . . . I told you there were WMD here!"

[hope]

Now who you gonna believe, Bush or me?