Why Did the Bush Administration Really Decide to Invade Iraq?

National Security.org ^ | 07.12.03

[Poohbah]

Crack. It does a brain ugly.

[Chancellor Palpatine]

Oh, wait, it gets better. It is the uberpaleo dolt, David Pyne.

And don't we all remember him?

[Chancellor Palpatine]

High quality rock. Its not just for breakfast anymore.....

[AlGone2001]

Aside from the mass graves, of course.

[Poohbah]

Wonder if the FBI ever visited him for his more intemperate remarks re: his security clearance...

[Chancellor Palpatine]

David Pyne rides again.....

[Enemy Of The State]

One can't deny the humanitarian abuses, but that is never a reason to send our men and women into harms way.

Otherwise why arent we already in China or North Korea?

[Chancellor Palpatine]

Yup. Mr. Pyne, DOD civilian intel analyst extraordinaire, dogging his own bosses while on the Pentagon clock, and bragging about what all he knew about things all across the net.

[Catspaw]

Oh, wait, it gets better. It is the uberpaleo dolt, David Pyne.

Is that the guy from the Talking Heads?

[AmishDude]

the administration has changed from 'immediate threat'

Liar.

Find it. Anywhere. Any administration official using language close to "immediate threat". What part of "grave and gathering" do you fail to understand?

[AmishDude]

Iraq war justification: It isn't about the "or"s, it's about the "and"s.

In other words, holes can be poked into any single justification, but the aggregate is just too overwhelming to ignore.

[Chancellor Palpatine]

He may as well be a musician, because for all his paleocon bloviating, there isn't much coherent thought.

[Catspaw]

Easy mistake, you know--Pyne, Byrne....

Just another paleo-whiner.

[Enemy Of The State]

And just what would the aggregate be?

as I stated in my posts above, I never supported the invasion for the reasons given by the Bush Admin. However, I did support it for the quiet reasons that were never mentioned. Such as the long term plan for peace in the middle east. With Saddam gone, now there is a chance to stablize the region.

Sometimes you just have to bully a bully.

[Joe Hadenuf]

Real conservatives don't hide behind the "isolationist" blatherings of Buchanan, but understand that an active foreign policy of taking out your enemies is preferable to 9/11.

Horse dung. This country was made great under protectionist policies that lasted throughout the building of this great country. Only in the last several decades has this been changing radically. And look at the economy, look at how many of our jobs are leaving for third world countries, look at our manufacturing base, as we continue to import millions both legal and illegals to flood our very sick job market.

Thanks, but I'll go with Buchanan's America first policies. I've seen enough of this global economy BS. Are you waiting for it to get worse? You may not have a long wait.

[Long Cut]

I remember 'ol Dave! he just LUUUVVVEDD to brag about himself around here...and toss off enough Bravo Sierra to fill a railcar,

The man is dumber than a Yugo full of anvils.

[Catspaw]

The man is dumber than a Yugo full of anvils.

Yup, that's the guy.

[Catspaw]

Hey, I just noticed your tagline:

Mini-Cut: Our baby BOY born 10 July 2003, 7 pounds, 13 ounces. Welcome to the world, SON!

Congrats, Dad!

[LS]

Go for it. Buchanan would have invited AQ to bomb Seattle and Phoenix and other places too, just so we don't "get involved" overseas.

And yes, we did have protectionist policies, and yes, the cost us tremendously. The Smoot-Hawley tariff is estimated to have cost us 5% of GNP, or the equivalent of the Navigation Acts AND the OPEC oil embargo of the 1970s combined. Yep, them's smart policies. Thank God ol' Patty isn't in charge, because things would already have gotten worse.

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

Does this mean I have to read this bilge? (I wonder if the kid is in the Top Ramen phase of unemployment yet.)