You and I obviously disagree. I fell that Iraq gave us a place to draw international fighters in large numbers, that for whatever reason were not coming to Afghanistan back then. It gives us a strategic position in the Gulf, and I think will eventually blossom into a stable, friendly federation.
Maureen wrote: > The quote I posted said "leaves open the possibility that some weapons > existed in Iraq although not of a militarily significant capability." > I repeat "not of a militarily significant capability". > > How can you continue, in the face of even Bush admitting the weapons > weren't there, to use WMDs as justification for the war in Iraq? I > know it's hard to face the fact that you, and the rest of the > military, were lied to by the government, and sent into war with no > good cause, but the way you cling to this lie is beyond understanding. > > I know you feel you are standing up for your country and your > comrades-in-arms, but the truth is that the lies of the Bush > administration and their continued use of the military to further > their greed and corruption has done more damage to the fabric of this > country than any terrorist could have ever done. > > On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 4:56 PM, Loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I've posted it ad naseum, and your own quote says it leaves open the >> possibility. >> >> The guy wanted us to think they were there, we thought they were there, >> small amounts have been found and discussed here. >> >> I didn't say we found a warehouse of the things. >> >> Maureen wrote: >>> If you know where these WMDs are, why don't you inform Bush, Cheney and the >>> ISG? >>> >>> "Iraq did not have the weapons that our intelligence believed were >>> there." - George W. Bush, October 8, 2004 >>> >>> "The headlines all say, 'No weapons of mass destruction stockpiled in >>> Baghdad.' We already knew that." - Dick Cheney, October, 2004 >>> >>> On September 30, 2004, the U.S. Iraq Survey Group Final Report >>> concluded that, "ISG has not found evidence that Saddam Husayn (sic) >>> possessed WMD stocks in 2003, but the available evidence from its >>> investigationincluding detainee interviews and document >>> exploitationleaves open the possibility that some weapons existed in >>> Iraq although not of a militarily significant capability." >>> >>> On October 6, 2004, the head of the Iraq Survey Group (ISG), Charles >>> Duelfer, announced to the United States Senate Armed Services >>> Committee that the group found no evidence that Iraq under Saddam >>> Hussein had produced and stockpiled any weapons of mass destruction >>> since 1991, when UN sanctions were imposed. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 3:50 PM, Loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>>> I've repeatedly shown the danger that Iraq posed. I personally believe >>>> that any serious WMD that were in Iraq are now in Syria. I have shown >>>> multiple articles that have shown signs of WMD, I've posted links to 1st >>>> hand accounts of soldiers that have had to deal with WMD in Iraq. It >>>> doesn't matter to you people. >>> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:266210 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
