re: Do you think George Bush lied about the WOMD?

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Do I need to tell you what the frick you can do with an aluminum tube?

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It hardly needs to be added that if Saddam does acquire the capability to deliver weapons of mass destruction, as he is almost certain to do if we continue along the present course, the safety of American troops in the region, of our friends and allies like Israel and the moderate Arab states, and a significant portion of the world’s supply of oil will all be put at hazard. As you have rightly declared, Mr. President, the security of the world in the first part of the 21st century will be determined largely by how we handle this threat.

Given the magnitude of the threat, the current policy, which depends for its success upon the steadfastness of our coalition partners and upon the cooperation of Saddam Hussein, is dangerously inadequate. The only acceptable strategy is one that eliminates the possibility that Iraq will be able to use or threaten to use weapons of mass destruction. In the near term, this means a willingness to undertake military action as diplomacy is clearly failing. In the long term, it means removing Saddam Hussein and his regime from power. That now needs to become the aim of American foreign policy.

We urge you to articulate this aim, and to turn your Administration's attention to implementing a strategy for removing Saddam's regime from power. This will require a full complement of diplomatic, political and military efforts. Although we are fully aware of the dangers and difficulties in implementing this policy, we believe the dangers of failing to do so are far greater. We believe the U.S. has the authority under existing UN resolutions to take the necessary steps, including military steps, to protect our vital interests in the Gulf. In any case, American policy cannot continue to be crippled by a misguided insistence on unanimity in the UN Security Council.

We urge you to act decisively. If you act now to end the threat of weapons of mass destruction against the U.S. or its allies, you will be acting in the most fundamental national security interests of the country. If we accept a course of weakness and drift, we put our interests and our future at risk.

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I don’t remember them finding anything.

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Its interesting how now almost everyone admits that the war was a mistake. Lots of republicans say it was mistake minus some pro war republicans. but pretty much both parties supported the war during the beginning. So I have a hard time saying bush lied about it. But what was the reasoning for the war at the time?

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1. WMD’s were found, and not just the stockpiles we had given him to fight the Iranians. The media lied about there being no WMD’s in Iraq.

2. The amount of WMD’s and extend of Saddam’s capabilities were both grossly oversold by our intelligence agencies.

3. I would venture a guess that Bush was lied to rather than was lying personally. GW seemed like a well-meaning baw that was a pawn of a lot of folks with bad intentions.

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Its interesting how now almost everyone admits that the war was a mistake.

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st war it appears that old almost useless stock piles of chemical weapons were hidden through out Iraq. We found many, and very good evidence is that some were smuggled to Syria.

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