[Huck]

Once it became clear that these "weapons of mass destruction" would never be found in Iraq,

How do you say that and not get flamed? I admit to feeling a little betrayed by WMD developments, or lack thereof.

[Alberta's Child]

How do you say that and not get flamed?

Because I've been saying it for more than a year now, and people generally avoid flaming me because my instincts on this issue have rarely been proved wrong. Over the last 12 months I've laid out about five or six predictions/comments about the war in Iraq, and since I'm now about 3 for 3 on them it doesn't bode well for people to argue about #4, #5 and #6.

[hoosiermama]

WIsh I could find an e-mail that was forwarded to me a while back....It was from a soldier in Iraq. His comment on the WMD went something like this....

"It's sort of like hunting for a "cup of hot coffee" We've found the pot, the beans, the grinder, the cup, the cream, the sugar, and the spoon to stir it with, but no we haven't found the "cup of hot coffee"!"

My hope is we don't find the cup half full.

Does this make you feel better.

[hoosiermama]

Here's a new thread on the subject you might want to visit.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1070713/posts

[prairiebreeze]

Wow, does that mean you feel betrayed only by the Bush administration, or do you also feel betrayed by Clinton, Britain, Israel, France, Germany, Russia and the UN?

I guess if WMD was the only reason that I used as justification for the war, I might feel betrayed (which I don't BTW). But I think in all fairness I'd have to at least admit to the years of those entities believing in the same supposedly flawed intel. Personal emphasis on "supposedly".

WMD became a central issue in the war justification because that's the issue that Blair could best use for joining the coalition. The UN didn't sanction Saddam about human rights violations or mass murder, only WMD. Which is a sad commentary on our world but that's another topic.

Prairie

[Rocket1968]

I served in a Navy Reserve Unit at about the same time. It was common to "skip" drill weekends and make them up, often with a different unit. The rules were loose to begin with and were not strictly enforced. President Bushs experience seems consistant with what I encountered as well. I actually earned credits by coming in some evenings and "swabbing the deck." My enlistment required me to serve two full years of active duty. I received early releases from active duty and active reserve status. There were a lot of military cut backs at that time. The President would have also earned quite a few credits for going to flight school, as I did for my active duty time.

This is such a farce. It is certainly desperation on the part of the rats.