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So now we've gone from "most of the weapons were found" to "most of the weapons were moved and therefore cannot be found".

Perhaps if the weapons were indeed moved to Syria, and were therefore not in Iraq, we invaded the wrong country?

They were indeed permitted to check their tags and seals - the last check was made less than two months prior to the US warning the UN inspectors to leave the country.

Face it - this was not a 'find'. The international community knew that they were there, legally. Wise up.

"The burden of proof is now on the Libs. If they can disprove this book, then let’s get it on and put up the facts."


The facts are all out there. Take this quote:

"Nuclear material to include yellowcake and enriched uranium were found in Iraq after the 2003 invasion."

That is so demonstrably false that I actually laughed when I read it. The yellowcake and enriched uranium that was found in Iraq was not touted as a "find" by the administration because we already knew it was there legally - it was tagged, sealed and monitored by the IAEA:

"The visit was agreed after weeks of pleading by the IAEA, which has kept the radiological materials at the site safely under UN seal for 12 years" - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3009082.stm

The invasion, and subsequent looting, actually led to the possibility of this stuff falling into the wrong hands, so it's little wonder that it's kept quiet. Seriously, how can this book be taken seriously if it contains such obvious misinformation?

"The question that weighs on my mind remains. Why did Bush allow the "no weapons were found" lie continue to be told."


I think its because before the invasion Bush and co told us that Saddam had "as much as 500 tons of sarin, mustard and VX nerve agent" and "upwards of 30,000 munitions capable of delivering chemical agents". What have we found? "Over 50 chemical munitions"? How far past their shelflife were the weapons that we found? How effective were they? Bush would've been ridiculed if one of his pre-war speeches saying "Saddam has tons of weapons" was played back to back with a post-war speech saying "We found the weapons; he had a lunch-box packed full of the stuff!".

The fact is that what has been found was a tiny fraction of what we were told was there. What we have found would justify invading my neighbor's barn, but probably not someone else's country.

Wow, I didn't expect to see so many people on this site upset that they didn't kill her, but sadly, I'm not all that surprised. Some people need hostage deaths for their propaganda, I guess. People not dying is generally good news and I, for one, am pleased she's free again.

It seems strange to me that Bush would say that no-one anticipated an event only a few days after it's clear he was told that the event was anticipated.

With so many controversies surrounding his decisions, it's becoming increasingly evident that Bush just isn't competent enough to be president. If he was my employee, I'd have sacked him by now.

You might want to remove the London bombings from your list, because I clearly remember the muslim outrage after that one.

I'd hazard a guess that most, if not all, the items on your list generated anger amongst muslim communities, but sadly it either goes unreported or people like you choose to ignore it.

This ferry was of the same type as the Herald of Free Enterprise that sank in the English Channel with the loss of 193 lives and the Estonia that sank en-route to Sweden with the loss of 852 lives in mere ordinary bad weather. This type of ferry has large doors to the car decks at the front and rear, and in both those cases water got in through the doors and flooded the car decks making the ships unstable and causing them to sink. The Egyptian ship, as well as being of the same type, is also an older ship than both of those cases. Contact with the ship was lost during an electrical storm - hence no SOS. Its sister ship, Salam 95, sank last October following a collision. Foul play is the least likely cause of the sinking at the moment.

The longer this mess goes on, the clearer it becomes that democracy won't work in a factionalized, country full of religious militants like Iraq. It is also clear, that we can neither control nor iradicate them. Time to admit the mistake and get the hell out of dodge.