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To: Darksheare

Yes, and Doctor Death had enough biological toxins hidden in her vanity as home to restart Saddam’s bio-weapons program, but the scale of any WMD activity was not what we were promised.

This is closer to the real story, and it is closer to Trump’s position:

With Americans still feeling the pain and fear of 9/ 11, in 2002 the Bush administration began to build a case for invading Iraq and toppling Saddam Hussein. George W. Bush created a special office in the Pentagon— called the Office of Special Plans— specifically for the purpose of supplying him with intelligence regarding Iraq, a task previously performed by the CIA. He put his friends Secretary of Defense Don Rumsfeld and Paul Wolfowitz in charge of that intelligence reporting, creating a political “interpreting” operation that supplanted expert analysis by the CIA.

Suddenly the reports coming to the president, and leaked to the public, were full of contentions that Saddam possessed an arsenal of chemical and biological weapons, and suggested the possibility of nuclear weapons as well. Those accusations provided the ingredients for a well-orchestrated public relations campaign to lay the groundwork for an invasion with the express purpose of deposing Saddam Hussein. The justification: With WMDs at the ready, Saddam posed a threat to the United States.

After months of preparation and a demand that Saddam leave the country “or else,” on March 20, 2003, George W. Bush ordered the invasion of Iraq to begin. U.S. forces rapidly dispatched the Iraqi military and toppled Saddam’s government. In December of 2003, Saddam was captured, and three years later, executed.

Mission accomplished, at least for George W. Bush. The man who plotted to kill his father, and committed untold other crimes, is dead. But 12 years later, more than 4,000 American troops have died in Iraq— and $ 1.7 trillion have already been spent, a number that increases every day. The weapons of mass destruction George W. claimed were there, and used to justify that human and financial cost, were never found.

The people of Iraq? The horror of Saddam has been replaced by the horror of civil war, ISIS, and an entirely uncertain future.

Stone, Roger; Hunt, Saint John (2016-02-16). Jeb! and the Bush Crime Family: The Inside Story of an American Dynasty (Kindle Locations 4272-4286). Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.. Kindle Edition.


7 posted on 02/16/2016 4:14:27 AM PST by SubMareener (Save us from Quarterly Freepathons! Become a MONTHLY DONOR!)
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To: SubMareener

Why can’t people admit that we found WMD?
The sarin IED alone was proof they existed.


8 posted on 02/16/2016 4:15:32 AM PST by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: SubMareener
I love a good fiction novel by a warm fire at night.

Have you read the one about the headless horseman?

17 posted on 02/16/2016 4:24:06 AM PST by eartick (Been to the line in the sand and liked it)
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To: SubMareener

It does not matter if WMDs were found in Iraq! ! !

We lost that battle over ten years ago! ! !

Bush himself says we didn't find any! ! !

52 posted on 02/16/2016 5:25:43 AM PST by IDontLikeToPayTaxes
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To: SubMareener

“The people of Iraq? The horror of Saddam has been replaced by the horror of civil war, ISIS, and an entirely uncertain future.”

And who has been our President for 7, going on 8, years?

Also, lets not forget that Bill Clinton also sought regime change in Iraq and a military tribunal to try Saddam Hussein. He had the same goals as GW Bush, but did not succeed.


72 posted on 02/16/2016 6:23:10 AM PST by ChessExpert (The unemployment rate was 4.5% when Democrats took control of Congress in 2006.)
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