Posted on 08/28/2005 10:28:47 AM PDT by wagglebee
A Gold Star mom who lost her son in Iraq said Sunday that there was enough evidence that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction to justify going to war against Saddam Hussein.
"I have no concern about there being weapons of mass destruction of some regard there, that were going to be used against Americans," Rhonda Winfield told "Fox News Sunday."
Mrs. Winfield was responding to fellow Gold Star mother Barbara Porchia, who insisted during the same segment that there were no WMDs in Iraq.
"I have seen photos of entire fighter jets buried in the sand", Mrs. Winfield countered. "I have seen pictures of entire caches of weapons that just my son's unit would uncover."
Mrs. Winfield, who lost her son, Lance Corporal Jason Redifer, in January 2005, was referring to the July 2003 discovery by U.S. Marines of more than 30 still-functional fighter aircraft buried beneath the sands of Baghdad.
Her comments show that at least some families of troops serving in Iraq do not accept the widespread misconception that Saddam had no weapons of mass destruction before the U.S. attacked in March 2003.
Among the WMD evidence discounted by the press [and almost never noted by the Bush administration]:
* 500 tons of yellow cake uranium stored at Saddam's al Tuwaitha nuclear weapons development facility, which was secured by U.S. troops after the invasion.
* 1.8 tons of partially enriched uranium discovered at al Tuwaitha, which was removed by the U.S. Energy Department in June 2004 amidst warnings it could be used to produce a dirty bomb.
* Centrifuge parts and blueprints hidden by one of Saddam's top nuclear scientists, who told U.S. interrogators that he was ordered to keep the bombmaking tools ready to resume production at a moment's notice.
* Satellite photos from 2002 that showed new construction at al Tuwaitha, which had been largely destroyed in U.S. bombing raids during the first Gulf War and Operation Desert Fox.
* The discovery of nearly two dozen artillery shells loaded with Sarin and mustard gas, which was reported in June 2004 by Iraq Survey Group chief Charles Duelfer.
"I know why my son went there," Mrs. Winfield told Fox. "They watched those towers fall and they knew that the liberties that we have were something that they believed were worth fighting for."
A nuke exploding here in the US wouldn't be proof enough for the libs.
"WMD evidence discounted by the press and almost never noted by the Bush administration"
Here in the People's Republic of Minnesota the official party line is there is no evidence.
The fact is Saddam was playing a game. He had dismantled his program, that is, took it apart and hid it, buried it, until the heat was off. Thus his not cooperating with the inspectors. He absolutely did have something to hide. I would suspect that during the inspections (pre-GW2), he was playing the region to make it appear like "Maybe I have them, maybe I don't". Possibly to keep playing regional bully after GW1. Fact is missiles have been found (not yet destroyed) that exceed the range threshhold. What else is squirreled away? As in buried, carted to Syria, etc.
Also note how fast Khaddafy came clean after Saddam emerged from the spider hole.
But Minnesotans, especially those in Ninnie-apolis, don't want to hear that.
Perception may be all, but propaganda from the left shouldn't be repeated on a conservative political forum as though it were fact...........which is what you did.
The al-Jazeera "news" story is hillarious. No attempt at impartiality or even honesty. And THEY CAN'T HANDLE GRAMMAR! Did wrapping table-cloths around their heads make them this stupid, or were they born that way?
second to immigration issues, i would say i am most disappointed with DUBYA about this.
plus, hey, why doesn't anyone talk about DOCTOR GERM???? she was employed by hussein as the creator of biological warfare, but there were no WMD? hmm.
I'd lay odds they're born retards? LOL Why else would someone wear diapers around their heads?
So long as a Republican is in the W.H. they don't, and to be perfectly honest, the modern Liberal establishment prefers appeasement over confrontation even when a Democrat is in the House.
A REAL Gold Star Mom speaks? And speaks well, giving her son honor.
And, yes, MSM. Not all of us have swallowed the line there were no WND's. We found some. Whether they were once larger, can't say for certain, but my gut tells me yes. And I'm sure this belief will irk more then a few on the Left and right, doesn't matter.
Don't spin out, little buddy; I was addressing the phenomenon, not spreading the tripe.
Settle down.
I think there is plenty of time. Remember that the Bush administration is really into timing. Before the 2006 elections the following will happen:
1. Saddam and his minions will go on trial
2. The Iraqis will vote on their constitution and there will be another election for parliment
3. All kinds of evidence could come forward unexpectedly and just the right time.
The libs really do need to be careful, because they have a tendency to go way out on a limb and Dubya is just standing there with his chainsaw.
Rhonda. God Bless you.
Settle down.
LOL! Little buddy?? Cute........where did you come up with that one?
THIS is what you said in post #3.....
This alone IMO would tend to reverse his plummeting job approval rate. What is this administration thinking?
No qualifiers. Talking about his 'plummeting job approval rate' as though it were fact. Weaseling out of it now is pointless. It's here in black and white.
And I'm very well settled, but thanks for the concern, big buddy.
I just appreciate accuracy and intellectual honesty. Admit you were wrong and move on. It's not that hard.
Bump.
Great photo.
It almost looks as though the President is slow playing all the weaponry they have found, the direct and multiferous ties between al-Queda, Iraq, and international terrorist groups just to see how far the RATs will up the ante. And with the on-going revelations of ABLE DANGER and the other treachery by Clinton becoming more difficult for the Traitor Media to keep its treasonous claims (no wMD, no danger from Iraq, no aQ ties) afloat.
Are we seeing a perfect Rovian blitzkreig developing? Am I delusional? Both?
I cannot understand what possible reason Bush would have for not publicizing the Iraq-al Qaida connections, WMDs and Able Danger. Most people have no idea what Able Danger even is, nor are they aware of the stockpiles of weapons that have been found in Iraq.
What is undeniable are the many ongoing forbidden weapons found, the programs for rapid recreation of any UN forbidden weapons, and the continuous hiding of things from the weapons inspectors. Nor is there any doubt that Salman Pak was a bio/chem weapons testing base as well as hijacker training center.
In addition the chemicals to produce devestating WMDs are easily disguised with ordinary usages. There is no doubt in my mind that the weapons were there and are there still for the most part. But it is not as though there is some great difference between what they have in multi-ton quantities and some mythical WMD.
There was sufficient yellow cake to make thousands of dirty bombs. Just to get that out of the terrorists' reach was sufficient justification for invasion and only one of a half dozen others.
One ammo dump was so large that it could have supplied at least 1/3 of the US Marine Corps. AND they were everywhere:" schools, mosques, municipal buildings HOSPITALS.
Labeled "This is for you Bill Clinton"
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