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WMD Curiosity Lapse
The Washington Times ^ | May 9, 2004 | Larry Elder

Posted on 05/09/2004 6:10:52 AM PDT by ReleaseTheHounds

Edited on 07/12/2004 3:42:02 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

"Week after week after week after week," said Sen. Ted Kennedy, Massachusetts Democrat, about President Bush's rationale for going to war with Iraq, "we were told lie after lie after lie after lie." Were we?

Jordan recently seized 20 tons of chemicals trucked in by confessed al Qaeda members who brought it in from Syria. The chemicals included VX, Sarin and 70 others. But the media seem curiously incurious whether one could reasonably trace this stuff back to Iraq. Had the terrorists released a "toxic cloud," Jordanian officials say 80,000 would have died.


(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Editorial; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: larryelder; loftus; wmd; wmds
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Another great commentary piece in the Washington Times today. Why isn't this story getting more attention? Why doesn't the Bush Administration push this news and bring it into the forefront?
1 posted on 05/09/2004 6:10:53 AM PDT by ReleaseTheHounds
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To: ReleaseTheHounds
Why isn't this story getting more attention? Why doesn't the Bush Administration push this news and bring it into the forefront?

Maybe they will...around October.

2 posted on 05/09/2004 6:14:03 AM PDT by Allegra (What's Up With Kerry's HAIR??)
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To: Allegra
The press will discover May's story in October, just as they discovered January's story in May! Don't worry! It will be Bush's fault! ;-) They will call it an October Surprise!
3 posted on 05/09/2004 6:18:28 AM PDT by SubMareener
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To: ReleaseTheHounds
The lamestream media would NEVER acknowledge any work of Larry Elder. He dared to get off the plantation, doncha know.
4 posted on 05/09/2004 6:21:07 AM PDT by macrahanish #1
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To: SubMareener
Great minds think alike--it's all politics.
5 posted on 05/09/2004 6:22:49 AM PDT by rodguy911 (we know they had poisionous gas we gave it to them)
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To: ReleaseTheHounds
Clinton used the "old news" defense successfully, no reason to expect it not to work again.

Plus an opportunity to assail the entire Iraq campaign from another angle:

Dribs and drabs of findings, across the subcontinent and over many months [already underway]. Then the retort that:

a. The movements were reported earlier, so why even mention them in October [but, since the subject has been raised...],
b. There were no stockpiles in Iraq, hence no immediate threat from Saddam, and
c. Since the stockpiles were moved before invasion, why didn't we attack the stockpiles instead of poor defenseless Iraq....
6 posted on 05/09/2004 6:27:41 AM PDT by norton (release the hounds? They are on CNN)
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To: ReleaseTheHounds
This is probably the worst thought I have ever had because I don't wish harm to my fellow man, but as horrible as it sounds, I wish these guys had released at least some of the chemical weapons in Jordan (Please forgive me God for this thought), so the the undeniable evidence would be in front of the world.

The UN food for oil bribe program and this story are the most unreported stories of the War on Terror.

7 posted on 05/09/2004 6:28:10 AM PDT by GWB00
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To: ReleaseTheHounds
It is amazing how the press chooses not to make a big deal out of a story like this. And they don't think that represents bias? I like what Loftus says:

"It's embarrassing to the (press). They've staked their reputations that this stuff wasn't there. And now all of a sudden we have al Qaeda agents from Iraq showing up with weapons of mass destruction."

It's all about covering their own mistakes in judgment. If they just stuck to reporting, they wouldn't have a problem. But because they editorialize, because they not only say no WMD have been discovered, but also say Bush lied and knew there were no WMD, then they are exposed as political hacks and not trustworthy if this story gets a lot of notice.
8 posted on 05/09/2004 6:31:26 AM PDT by Rocky (To the 9/11 Commission: It was Al Qaeda, stupid!)
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"Week after week after week after week," said Sen. Ted Kennedy, Massachusetts Democrat, about President Bush's rationale for going to war with Iraq, "we were told lie after lie after lie after lie." Were we?

Yes, Larry, we were - by the likes of Ted and tiny tommy and John F'n Kerry and HitLIARY and Nancy Pelosi and Barbara Boxer and Cynthia McKinney and . . . .
9 posted on 05/09/2004 6:32:13 AM PDT by DustyMoment (Repeal CFR NOW!!)
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To: ReleaseTheHounds
Thanks .. I heard this on the radio a day or two ago and was looking for a transcript.

Another example of censoring by omission from 'Big Media'.

10 posted on 05/09/2004 6:32:26 AM PDT by Vinnie
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To: SubMareener
The press will discover May's story in October, just as they discovered January's story in May!

Kinda strange they rediscovered the alleged prisoner abuse just in time to take the very heavy heat off Gorelick and the 9-11 Commission. Seems to have saved her arse for the time being. < /sarcasm>

11 posted on 05/09/2004 6:42:49 AM PDT by barker (Normal people scare me.)
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To: Baynative
Tell the Olympic swimmer, Clinton gave MORE poignant speeches regarding WMD along with....We will invade them and change that regime and we won't ask the world "should we" (These are my words but it's the gist of it.)
13 posted on 05/09/2004 7:01:37 AM PDT by Sacajaweau (God Bless Our Troops!!)
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To: Allegra
Maybe they will...around October.

After the Bush DWI revelation just a few days before the election, sounds fair to me.

14 posted on 05/09/2004 7:06:37 AM PDT by The_Media_never_lie
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To: ReleaseTheHounds
Bump.
15 posted on 05/09/2004 7:09:19 AM PDT by Rocko (Michael Moore: "Dude, I'm a hypocrite.")
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To: Baynative
Wow, what a post, great stuff.
16 posted on 05/09/2004 7:22:10 AM PDT by rodguy911 (speak out or bear the consequences)
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To: Allegra
Maybe they will...around October.

SURPRISE!

The White House is better at Rope a Dope then Ali ever was....
17 posted on 05/09/2004 7:44:35 AM PDT by Kozak (Anti Shahada: " There is no God named Allah, and Muhammed is his False Prophet")
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To: Allegra
must read later, you know mother's day and all I've got to go make my wife lunch.
18 posted on 05/09/2004 8:31:07 AM PDT by Dr Snide (vis pacem, para bellum - Prepare for war if you want peace)
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To: Eagle Eye
A by-the-way-Burger-King-opening-right-on-my-camp-tomorrow PING.
19 posted on 05/09/2004 8:35:03 AM PDT by Allegra (What's Up With Kerry's HAIR??)
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To: Baynative
More on oil for food on Fox now - people on weapons inspection team are on list. Mr. Scarlet - brit.
20 posted on 05/09/2004 8:36:40 AM PDT by mathluv (Protect my grandchildren's future. Vote for Bush/Cheney '04.)
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