(Vanity Question) Obama, Iraq, and WMD

Interesting read at this link:

Snips: While Obama has clearly been against the war from the start, it’s interesting what the first ellipsis reveals:

Barack OBama: “He has repeatedly defied UN resolutions, thwarted UN inspection teams, developed chemical and biological weapons, and coveted nuclear capacity. He’s a bad guy.”

So in 2002, despite echoing President Bush’s reasons for going to war with Iraq (and that that Saddam had WMD), Obama still didn’t support going to war against Saddam?

Thanks for the link. Hadn’t heard that (Obama excerpt) before. I can understand why he had kept it quiet.

What brought it to my mind is his recent “revelation” that tax increases hurt an economy and tax cuts help it. I started wondering of other flip-flops that President Obama has made compared to candidate Obama.

There are tons of Democrat quotes regarding Saddam’s danger to the U.S. and the rest of the world.

This is one argument that I always win with Lefties on the ground.

There’s not much they can do and say when it comes to RATS and their support for thwarting Saddam.

I also love how that complain about “Bush’s wars” to this day, but have no comprehension of the fact that their buddies in Congress have been funding them for the last 4 years.

I’d call this more than a flip flop. He completely abandoned his entire foundation, I think.

He tried to blame tax cuts for causing this depression we’re in. If he really believed this he would have done everything to stop this; he would veto.

The problem for him is, I don’t think he can pull a Clinton. Too many people wonder about his past. We’ll see.

Too many people wonder about his past.

Obama has his personal documentation under lock, key and the highest level of security possible. Too bad he didn't have the same priorities for government secrets. I wonder if, in our lifetime, we'll ever learn what he is hiding from us.

Here is something I post from to time.

The temor and pointedness are not directed to you but for nOOb Trolls.

First, Bill Clinton and the entire Senate, that’s all 100 senators, signed the 1998 Iraq Liberation Act. The state goal was to overthrow Saddam Insane and his entire regime and replace it with a democratic government.

That is a fact:
The Act found that between 1980 and 1998 Iraq had:

1. committed various and significant violations of International Law,
2. had failed to comply with the obligations to which it had agreed following the Gulf War and
3. further had ignored Resolutions of the United Nations Security Council.

See here for a quick Wiki that makes it a short read:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_Liberation_Act

Don’t forget to read the part where Clinton states categorically what Iraq admitted to.

Bottom line we knew as did the French, Germans, Italians, South African Nations, N. Korea(our intel on them) and many others what Saddam was attempting to acquire and what he already had

WHICH INCLUDED:
550 METRIC TONS of YELLOW CAKE. USED FOR MAKING NUCLEAR WEAPONS.

MORE THAN 500 SARIN AND MUSTARD GAS LACED BOMBS.

There is plenty more but lets look at some of the lefts vaunted leaders and what they had to say at various times:

Let’s start with Al Gore criticizing George Bush 41 for ignoring Iraq’s ties to terrorism
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JE48XHKG64

Or how about this hit from 1998 Al Gore: No Doubt Saddam’s Weapons Are Grave Threat:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFBl0fnMUVc&feature=related

Hey what about a guy that was once in Vietnam John Kerry saying he found WMD in Iraq
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IH93UlGHBfk&feature=related

Hey even Nancy Pelosi claims Iraq had WMD and she seems pretty unequivocal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwDJRBOsj78&feature=related

Here is a greatest hits of Democrats who in no certain terms absolutely claimed Iraq had Weapons of Mass Destruction. They made these claims on more than one occasion and with specificity. The quotes are from Madeline Albright, Bill Clinton, Howard Dean, Sandy Berger, Nancy Pelosi, Jay Rockefeller, Joe Biden, Harry Reid, Hillary Clinton, John Edwards:
3 minutes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnjcofMFHsA&feature=related

Here is a 6 minute video of other Democrats on Iraq’s WMD and how it would be irresponsible to leave Saddam unchecked;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i87cZ3Og6ts&feature=fvw

So who is the liar? Bill Clinton, John Kerry, Madeline Albright, et al?

Surely they knew Saddam had WMD. Bill Clinton did after all launch missiles on Iraq in an attempt to destroy some of them.

Also from my files...an explanation:

"The administration does not want the victims of Sept. 11 interfering with its foreign policy," says Peter M. Leitner, director of the Washington Center for Peace and Justice (WCPJ). Leitner says the Bush administration may be concerned that if other victims of the Sept. 11 attacks also filed lawsuits and won civil-damage awards it would reduce Iraqi resources that the administration wants to use to rebuild the country. Leitner and others say this explains Bush's reticence at this time to report the convincing evidence linking Saddam and al-Qaeda that has been collected by U.S. investigators and private organizations seeking damages. "The [Bush] administration is intentionally changing the topic," claims Leitner, and sidestepping the issue that "Iraq has been in a proxy war against the U.S. for years and has used al-Qaeda in that war against the United States."

Source

As for connections, the MSM has a very short memory...from news archives:

In in 1998, an Arab intelligence officer, who knows Saddam personally, predicted in Newsweek: "Very soon you will be witnessing large-scale terrorist activity run by the Iraqis." The Arab official said these terror operations would be run under "false flags" --spook-speak for front groups--including bin Laden's organization.

Then there were the predictions by an Iraqi with ties to Iraqi intelligence, Naeem Abd Mulhalhal, in Qusay's own newspaper several weeks before the attacks that stated bin Laden would “demolish the Pentagon after he destroys the White House and ”bin Laden would strike America “on the arm that is already hurting.” (referencing a second IRAQI sponsored attack on the World Trade Center). Another reference to New York was “[bin Laden] will curse the memory of Frank Sinatra everytime he hears his songs.” (e.g., “New York, New York”) which identified New York, New York as a target. Mulhalhal also stated, “The wings of a dove and the bullet are all but one and the same in the heart of a believer." which references an airplane attack.

The Arabic language daily newspaper Al-Quds Al-Arabic also cited the cooperation between Iraq, bin Laden and Al December 1998 editorial, which predicted that “President Saddam Hussein, whose country was subjected to a four day air strike, will look for support in taking revenge on the United States and Britain by cooperating with Saudi oppositionist Osama Bin-Laden, whom the United States considers to be the most wanted person in the world.” This info is in the link provided below. How could these people have had foreknowledge without Iraq being involved?

Source for this info

Warning...slow loading .pdf file. This was from a lawsuit filed against Iraq after 9/11...the court ruled against Iraq.

There was also another lawsuit filed by the family of John O’Neill (a former FBI agent who captured Ramzi Yousef after the 1993 WTC bombings) after he died in the WTC on 9/11. His personal files from his years of traveling around the world investigating al-Qaeda are were used as evidence in the lawsuit. The evidence includes documents unearthed in the headquarters of the Mukhabarat (Iraq's intelligence service) and information gleaned from the interrogation of both al-Qaeda and Iraqi prisoners. (Link below). It also quotes Vincent Cannistraro, the former CIA counter-terrorism chief, who stated in October 2000 that Iraq had been wanting to carry out terrorist attacks, and that the Iraqi military had been in contact with Osama bin Laden.

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We know from these IIS documents that beginning in 1992 the former Iraqi regime regarded bin Laden as an Iraqi Intelligence asset. We know from IIS documents that the former Iraqi regime provided safe haven and financial support to an Iraqi who has admitted to mixing the chemicals for the 1993 attack on the World Trade Center. We know from IIS documents that Saddam Hussein agreed to Osama bin Laden's request to broadcast anti-Saudi propaganda on Iraqi state-run television. We know from IIS documents that a "trusted confidante" of bin Laden stayed for more than two weeks at a posh Baghdad hotel as the guest of the Iraqi Intelligence Service.

Abu Nidal, September 11 and Saddam The terrorist network may be closer knit than we think.

Weekly Standard: The Mother of All Connections

List of newspaper article in the 90's which mention the world's concern regarding the growing relationship between OBL and Saddam: