That's what I would think, if I was retarded. BTW, all that shit you listed ended up being true.
I love how lefties always rely on Americans are idiots to make their point. . On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 1:38 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 10:20 AM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I remember having a discussion after the Iraqi invasion about whether the >> administration had linked the two. I was under the impression that they had, >> but looked long and hard without finding a quote where they did. Outside >> parties linked the two. The White House never contradicted them. A masterful >> bit of PR that, really. >> > > The primary justification for the war was weapons of mass destruction > but the administration definitely linked Iraq with Al Qaeda and 9/11. > > For instance, here's a bit from a Washington Post article that came out in > 2004: > > *** > While not explicitly declaring Iraqi culpability in the Sept. 11, > 2001, terrorist attacks, administration officials did, at various > times, imply a link. In late 2001, Cheney said it was "pretty well > confirmed" that attack mastermind Mohamed Atta had met with a senior > Iraqi intelligence official. Later, Cheney called Iraq the "geographic > base of the terrorists who had us under assault now for many years, > but most especially on 9/11." > > Bush, in 2003, said "the battle of Iraq is one victory in a war on > terror that began on September the 11th, 2001." > > Beyond the Sept. 11 attacks, administration officials have also > suggested that there had been cooperation between Iraq and al Qaeda > that went beyond contacts. Bush last year called Hussein "an ally of > al Qaeda." Just this Monday, Cheney said Hussein "had long-established > ties with al Qaeda." > > In January, Cheney said the "best source" of information on the > subject was an article in the Weekly Standard, which reported: "Osama > bin Laden and Saddam Hussein had an operational relationship from the > early 1990s to 2003 that involved training in explosives and weapons > of mass destruction, logistical support for terrorist attacks, al > Qaeda training camps and safe haven in Iraq, and Iraqi financial > support for al Qaeda -- perhaps even for Mohamed Atta -- according to > a top secret U.S. government memorandum." > > Bush, in a February 2003 radio address, said: "Iraq has sent > bombmaking and document forgery experts to work with al Qaeda. Iraq > has also provided al Qaeda with chemical and biological weapons > training. And an al Qaeda operative was sent to Iraq several times in > the late 1990s for help in acquiring poisons and gases. We also know > that Iraq is harboring a terrorist network headed by a senior al Qaeda > terrorist planner. This network runs a poison and explosive training > camp in northeast Iraq, and many of its leaders are known to be in > Baghdad." > *** > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50679-2004Jun17.html > > So I'd say, yeah, the Bush administration directly linked Iraq and Al > Qaeda and then implied the link to the Sept. 11th attacks. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:342937 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
