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Posted on 06/28/2005 8:09:35 PM PDT by smoothsailing
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Just what planet are you on? IF those links are valid?
Are you unaware that the Clinton Justice Department DID get a federal indictment against OBL which cited his connections to Iraq? Those links, and more, take you to dozens of articles the MSM wrote about OBL's growing relationship to Saddam. It's not what I wish to believe.
And regarding Mylroie, you are aware she was one of Clinton's terrorist czar's, aren't you? You seem so unaware of some real basic facts that perhaps you did not know that either.
Then why doesn't the Bush administration make those claims? After all of the things they said that turned out to be flimsy and false, the fact that they don't rely on those sources tells me that they are even less reliable. Mylroie's a quack and is rightfully ignored. It doesn't say much that you have to regurgitate the incompetence of the Clinton administration in order to hold onto a fantasy. Why should I believe you when I've been consistently correct thanks to people like Jude Wanniski, Gordon Prather, Juan Cole, and others who openly predicted before the war that no WMD would be found and have continued to be correct alot more than not. If they had been proven wrong, I wouldn't trust them. But because you believe the wrong sources, you will continue to be wrong and frustrated and I will continue to be correct.
You seem to miss the point.
The MSM and Democrats constantly tells us that there was no relationship between AQ/Iraq.
Dozens of those links, including the Senate Ingellince Committee Report and the 9/11 Committee report prove the MSM and Democrats are wrong.
Regarding WMD, you are aware, or perhaps not, that when Clinton signed the Iraqi Liberation Act, every Democrat of note took to the airwaves and claimed that Iraq and their WMD were a threat to the US. Kerry was advocating American boots on the ground.
If our intelligence was wrong, so be it; every single other country with an intelligence service thought Iraq had WMD too.
And you are aware, I presume, that many WMD hunters have said they believe WMD were transferred from Iraq to Syria before we arrived. Colin Powell even showed satellite footage at the UN of convoys of trucks leaving Iraq for the Syrian border.
You're making some progress. Keep up the good work.
I hope you're right, but at this point, I don't think the President or his closest military advisors have the guts to do the right thing by our troops in this regard. We're going to sacrifice American lives in order to protect a bunch of terrorist sympathizers.
The accomplishments of the Iraqi people for the next thousand years aren't worth the life of the least of the people we've lost over there.
I have no idea how any of that related to my post.
I think my point was the bad guys are going to know far in advance when we are winding down operations and preparing to pull out. It wont be a secret.
But...it was late, I was tired...and totally missed the point I guess. Sorry!
There were a lot of people who didn't believe WMD would be found, but nobody wanted to listen to them. I don't rely on what Clinton and the Democrats have to say, as they are liars too. And nobody believes that WMD were moved to Syria. That is science fiction.
If you want to complain about Islam and its inherent backwardness and insanity, I'm with you. I'm not some pacifist. That's the big problem of the world, how to deal with Islam and it's inability to produce successful societies. This war in Iraq does nothing to change the nature of Islam. That's why it is doomed to fail. Bush can't even bring himself to identify the problem - but he's not alone in that. If we attack Iran, then we are true idiots because we will have wiped out whatever pro-American feelings the Iranian people have.
Am I getting closer? Ha!
"Everyone except democrats."
Liberal Democrats don't understand because they are immature,shallow,selfish,self-important demagogues with excrement for brains , whose lust for power is greater than their love of our country.
No problem.
As far as not announcing a pull out date, it really doesn't matter since the terrorist, and everyone else will know way in advance anyway.
Couldn't be said better.
Thank you! ;-) They are also arrogant enough to think that a lot of us do not know what is true about them.
Anyway, have a wonderful one today.
No problem polly.
" I hope you're right, but at this point, I don't think the President or his closest military advisors have the guts to do the right thing by our troops in this regard. We're going to sacrifice American lives in order to protect a bunch of terrorist sympathizers."
I don't think it is a matter of lack of guts. We must remember General Mattis (commander of Marine ground forces in Iraq under 1MEF), wanted during that first Fallujah campaign back in April of 2003, to level the place if required. The IG and mayor/tribal leaders in Fallujah where hopping up and down that this would not be good, and give them time to find a political solution. So the Marines backed off, since at that point the IG (Bremmer's appointees) where supposedly allowed to call the shots.
If anything, it was a lack of guts on the IG's side not our side. Of course they finally came around and now see the wisdom in allowing us to go into Fallujah.
"The accomplishments of the Iraqi people for the next thousand years aren't worth the life of the least of the people we've lost over there."
How can one disagree with your sentiment on this. But let us remember Iraq is more then just freeing one country from tyranny. It is part of a strategy on fighting a global war on terrorism. We must be flexible in tour analysis. And make sure it includes all aspects of this conflict.
Ping to links in Post 3.
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