If Bush knew there were no WMDs why did he claim there were such WNDs when such a claim would backfire when it was proven false?Originally Posted by Guisslapp
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If Bush knew there were no WMDs why did he claim there were such WNDs when such a claim would backfire when it was proven false?
Much closer than a year ago and much closer than if we would have pulled the troops out ala Kerry/Osama Bama and others.
The Iraqis are securing their country, their government is functioning, and our troops will be coming home throughout President McCain's first term.
Because he had to do it to build the political capital he would need to go after Saddam. Damn the torpedoes!
Jordan Mills on choosing Tech:
“It’s a great experience seeing them play. It was a good atmosphere. The fans stood up the whole game and never sat down. They have a great fan base.”
Horseshoes and handgrenades. Too bad so many Americans had to die for Bush's arrogance.
Jordan Mills on choosing Tech:
“It’s a great experience seeing them play. It was a good atmosphere. The fans stood up the whole game and never sat down. They have a great fan base.”
BS. Progress is happening every day. No one can deny that.
Uh, WMDs were found in Iraq. Burried cashes of biological warheads, burried aircraft, and stockpiles of guns and munitions have been found over the past 4 years. Sure, nuke silos/warheads/ missles were not found, but facilities were found with trace material used in the processing of radioactive material. Most of these stories were not reported, or if they were, they were quickly dissmissed as not being WMDs.
It is hard to be excited about short term progress of a country that is essentially being held together by military rule when you know what the long term outcome is bound to be.
Jordan Mills on choosing Tech:
“It’s a great experience seeing them play. It was a good atmosphere. The fans stood up the whole game and never sat down. They have a great fan base.”
Well, we know what the outcome WILL be if the troops are pulled too soon.
Less American deaths than if they stay in longer. That is the only certain thing.
Jordan Mills on choosing Tech:
“It’s a great experience seeing them play. It was a good atmosphere. The fans stood up the whole game and never sat down. They have a great fan base.”
That is logical and very well probably true. Why risk planting evidence that people will dismiss as further deceit on the part of the administration? Good point.
Step away from the tin foil.
Jordan Mills on choosing Tech:
“It’s a great experience seeing them play. It was a good atmosphere. The fans stood up the whole game and never sat down. They have a great fan base.”
But that gets back to my original question -- how hard would it have been to plant WMDs in Iraq to justify the invasion? It would have been easy -- something our government could have done with little trouble and something that might have diverted much of the last 5 year's anti-American rhetoric.
The reason we are still in Iraq is not because of Bush's ego -- he and many in the government have readily admitted that we didn't find the WMDs that we believed existed. There are many reasons for that, but the fact remains that they have not been found. HOWEVER, we are not still there because of some Bush ego-trip.
You are correct that we are still there because we "broke humpty dumpty." We have to stay until humpty is put back together or until he is capable of self-repair.
I have heard the same but didn't want to mention it because I have no proof. I work with many people who are routinely in Iraq or who have been there as part of their military duties. Many will readily tell you that WMD caches have been found but are generally not reported outside of military channels. I'm not sure I believe a lot of these stories, but they could be true... I don't know. If I were Bush, I'd be singing like a canary about anything we found that could be construed as WMD.
That's the best you can offer? And why would you make a comment like that about my reply to dirty? Is it beyond comprehension that Bush would refuse to plant WMD evidence because he knew that it would be dismissed? Seems as though that would fit in line with your illogical assumptions about Bush and the Iraq war.
I have heard these stories from those who have been over there, and by the few news outlets that have actually reported the findings. When the Administration did bring up the bio-warheads being found, the liberals in the media reported the story as not WMDs, just old missles used back when Saddam attacked the Kerds.
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