I hate digging through archives after people deny saying what they said. I though of snipping in the interest of legibiliy but I am sure there will be an argument about context so , hey, here'd the context too.
Dana On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 13:19:34 -0700 (PDT), Sam Morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi Sam, I'll skip the other stuff, but I can't > > resist this: > > > > 1.) If Gen DeLong knows "for a fact" then where are > > they? > It's no surprise that weapons buried in Iraq have yet > to be uncovered. "Seven-eighths of the country is arid > desert and it's the size of California. You could > probably bury 100 Empire State Buildings in Iraq and > not find them," the former Marine said. > > > If we can invade Iraq why not Syria if he knows "for > > a fact". > It was more than WMDs and the Saddam problem went on > for years. Syria is on the Axis of Evil list and we > know they support terrorism, but we're going through > the process of diplomacy. If democracy in Iraq works > out maybe Syria will do what Lybia did and turn over > there WMDs. > > > 2.) Since we've never recovered WMD, wasn't the war > > a mistake? We > > said there were WMD, we went to war because of it, > > but we've never > > found any. > No. Here's what Bush said recently in an interview > with Limbaugh: > > Now, Iraq. You see, one of the lessons of September > the 11th is that we gotta deal with threats before > they fully materialize, and we saw a threat in Iraq. I > say "we." The Congress saw a threat, I saw a threat > and the United Nations Security Council saw a threat. > In other words, the world took a look and said, > "Saddam is a threat," and here's why they thought he > was a threat. One, he used weapons of mass > destruction, and one of the most dangerous parts of > this new war is that if the enemy were ever to acquire > the capacity to use a weapon of mass destruction it > would make September 11th, you know, pale in > comparison, and so we saw that threat. > > Secondly, he had ties to terrorists. Abu Nidal was > housed in Iraq, his organization. He was the guy that > killed Leon Klinghoffer. He was a known terrorist. > Zarqawi -- who's now, you know, the person beheading > people in Iraq today -- was in and out of Baghdad and > Iraq, as were members of his organization. So he had > terrorist ties. As a matter of fact, not only did he > have terrorist ties, he used to subsidize families of > these suicide bombers, which is a terrorist act. > > Thirdly, he invaded his neighbors. Fourthly, he was an > enemy of this country, and we had been to war with him > once. He had invaded others in the neighborhood. He > was a source of great instability. So I saw a threat, > and given the lessons of September the 11th, we > decided to remove him from power, having tried > diplomacy. See, I think it's very important for your > listeners to know, Rush, that the commander-in-chief > ought to try all avenues of diplomacy prior to > committing troops and we did that. And so I'm sitting > in the Oval Office, and I've seen a threat. I now see > that he's ignoring the demands of the free world, he > had no intention of disarming, as a matter of fact was > systematically deceiving inspectors, and so I made the > decision, a very difficult decision. > > The way forward, which was to remove him from power -- > and, by the way, we weren't "alone" going in. As a > matter of fact, I talked to Tony Blair this morning, > which I do on a regular basis, and Tony Blair saw the > same threat. And so now the way ahead is this. We will > work with Prime Minister Allawi to enable a political > process to develop. In other words, we'll provide as > much security as we can to help a political process > forward which means elections in January, but more > importantly we will train Iraqis so that they are > capable of providing their own security, and that's an > important ingredient about enabling me to say that > troops will be there as long as necessary, but not a > day longer -- and by that I mean when the Iraqis are > capable of defending themselves and as the political > process emerges, we will then be in a position to say > the mission has been completed, which is a democratic > Iraq, an ally in the war on terror and a source of > stability in a part of the world that needs stability > and freedom. > > - President Bush > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. > > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail________________________________ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:142548 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
