Posted on 10/15/2014 5:35:37 AM PDT by shuck and yall
Did Obama know?
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Probably not until today — when he read it in the newspapers. /sarc
It wasn’t a secret. I distinctly recall a NYT article in 2007 or so that discussed 500 tons of yellowcake in Iraq and what to do with it.
well then, WHY IN THE FRACK did the Bush Administration keep a lid on this and allow the Democrats to thrash them repeatedly about the head and neck for five years?
Leading directly to the reign of Barack the Incompetent?
I remember troops coming back from Iraq saying they had taken part in destruction of chemical weapons. Every engineer unit that deployed there was part of incinerating the warheads. They were told to shut up about the 'finds'.
he would not get into the demonRAT gutter to defend himself
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That’s a good point. By remaining silent Bush became a punching bag for the Democrats and their attack dogs in the media. He simply refused to defend himself, a practice he continues to this day. He wants to give the impression that he is above the political fray but at some point that posture is no longer believable or defensible. Many correctly perceive it as weakness and a failure to stand for one’s convictions.
No shit. Everybody knows that.....
Well everybody with any intelligence........
I cannot help that there is manipulation in the NYT story, i.e., the timing this story comes out (why now?), the previous administrations that “are” involved in creating WMD’s in Iraq, the story coming out AFTER Pres. Obola has made a mess of Iraq/middle east, etc.
Typical Slimes BS.
maybe protecting Dad?
Notice that the newspaper doesn’t want to make things right.
What the NYT, and every other newspaper, which headlined the lack of WMD to print - above the fold on page one - the fact that there were WMDs and they elected not to truthfully report what was going on.
Until this happens the NYT and other newspapers will watch their readership, and hence add revenues, continue to fall.
George Bush knew if this was 2006, 2007 so why cover it up? I am guessing a guy named Karl Rove.
The first President Bush kicked butt with DESERT STORM and had a 92% approval rating......92%!!!!! The American press then methodically attacked him and he lost re-election. The American Press think they are paid by the Democrats, so they were lined-up to make sure the second President Bush didn’t get a big bump in his approval rating from the war in Iraq. The President of The United States told the people of the United States that Saddam had WMDs and had used them in the past. It was the American Press that worked to downplay this and ruin Bush’s approval rating which gave us Barrack Hussein Obama as President. The American Press deserves to have their asses kicked.
Because we had a hand in helping Sadam obtain the materials/weapons. It's time the American people stop the actions of our rogue government. I don't know how but it's imperative. This is no government 'of the people, for the people'.
The comments at the nyslimes site are ridiculous, yet expected.
How many times did we hear, “There are NO weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, bush lied, etc.”
This article comes out and the left says, “We never claimed that there were NO weapons of mass destruction, just that there were no NEW wmd’s ready for saddam to use.”
Lying liars.
I am appalled, not just at the cover-up but at this attitude that, “Well, now that it’s out, we’re doing the right things.” Sounds waaaaayy too much like a certain former SOS after Benghazi.
I am ashamed that the military in which I have served for nearly 30 years would refuse its own soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines medical treatment simply in order to keep a lid on the fact that WMD were found. There is no excuse. None.
"Then to what shall I compare the people of this generation? What are they like? They are like children who sit in the marketplace and call to one another,
‘We played the flute for you, but you did not dance. We sang a dirge, but you did not weep.’
For John the Baptist came neither eating food nor drinking wine, and you said, ‘He is possessed by a demon.’ The Son of Man came eating and drinking and you said,
‘Look, he is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’
No matter what George Bush did he could not win with this crowd, so why bother? They just did what they had to do.
The existence of these weapon most certainly DOES justify the war. These weapons are clear evidence that Iraq was NOT complying with the terms of the Gulf War cease fire.
It doesn't affect the debate over the "nation building" that occured after the war, but it most certainly justifies the decision to invade Iraq.
More NYT BS.
Yes I read these reports too. At the time the NYT was saying they were paltry finds and Bush was still guilty because these weren’t stockpiles.
What is the NYT trying to pull here?
Bush did NOT cover it up. It was widely reported. The media though at the time said these were paltry finds and old degraded weapons so not worth invading for.
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