can't find anything, it is the responsibility of the President as commander
in chief of the armed forces to be 100% certain that the reasons he gives to
the American public are valid.
Spies get their information from informants who may have their own agenda,
it is important when we go to war, we know the people giving us the reasons
are trustworthy, it is the responsibility of the President and the Congress
to validate the information BEFORE we go to war, not after.
Also, we invaded a sovereign country, we didn't go in and look for weapons,
we invaded first, toppled the government, then did a quick look around
couldn't find anything, so we went about our business.
There was never a declaration of war, the President just called it part of
the war on terror, but this isn't looking for stateless terrorist, people
who hide in caves plotting. This was a country, with a government and
infrastructure, Saddam was the recognized leader of Iraq, and legally was in
charge. He was in violation of UN resolutions and sanctions, as were the
countries supporting him in this venture, he did seem to want to purchase
the materials, and some suggest Saddam thought he had some.
The CIA, the Brits, the French, the Germans, and a number of intel agencies
messed up on this, fact remains, there was no clear proof of weapons, even
the info Powel showed the UN was not clear proof, the pictures showed what
looked like weapons factories, but turned out, they were not.
As of right now, they seem to think he had the capabilities to quickly begin
production if he wanted to, but I don't think that is enough to base an
invasion on.
I don't end the fault at the CIA, the fault lies in the CIA, the Congress
and the President.
That is the job of Congress, the intelligence and armed services committees
in both houses should be keeping up with this, they should be making sure
the CIA and Military Intel is accurate.
The failure in my mind falls directly on the congress.
Does anybody know when was the last time the US actually declared war
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From: Sam Morris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 6:12 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Re: 9/11 Commission to Cheney - You're still wrong.
Here I am thinking you're going to apologize to Bush
and his supporters for accusing him of lying. Even
Sen. Rockefeller admits he believed the same info that
Bush did and gave his full support for the war. Bush
didn't lie and he didn't pressure anyone to fudge the
facts. Even Wilson's story was discredited from the
beginning. The Niger Uranium purchase attempt is still
being investigated.
You say, "their own corruption, misinformation and
outright lying to the public".
Now what did they lie about? You won't accept anything
other than guilty will you?
What do you need Al Gore to say it before you'll
believe it?
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