[RobFromGa]

Reid excerpt...

There are numerous examples of how the Administration misstated and manipulated the facts as it made the case for war. The Administration’s statements on Saddam's alleged nuclear weapons capabilities and ties with Al Qaeda represent the best examples how it consistently and repeatedly manipulated the facts. The America people were warned time and time again by the President, the Vice President, the current Secretary of State and their other capacities about Saddam's nuclear weapons capabilities. The Vice President said -- and I quote --

"Iraq has reconstituted its nuclear programs,"

Playing upon the fears of Americas after September 11, these officials and others raised the specter that left unchecked, Saddam could soon attack America with nuclear weapons.
Obviously we know now that their nuclear claims were wholly inaccurate. But more troubling is the fact that a lot of Intelligence experts were telling the Administration then that its claims about Saddam's nuclear capabilities were false. The situation is very similar with respect to Saddam's links to Al Qaeda. The Vice President told the America people -- I quote again –


"...we know he's out trying once again to produce nuclear weapons and we know he has a long-standing relationship with various terrorist groups, including the al qaeda organization."
These assertions have been totally discredited, not a little bit, totally discredited. But again, the Administration went ahead with these assertions in spite of the fact that the government's top experts did not agree with these claims.

THESE ALLEGATIONS BY REID ARE BALDERDASH AND NEED TO BE FORCEFULLY REBUTTED BY THE ADMINISTRATION. THE LIBERALS HAVE GOT AWAY WITH THESE LIES TOO LONG:

1. we found WMDs (just not stockpiles)
2. AQ and Saddam were very linked (just not 9-11)
3. Clinton and most of the Dem leadership is on record re: the threat posed by Saddam
4. They voted for the Iraq War

[Williams]

It would be so easy for the president or Vice President or Secretary of State or Defense to say any one of those things.

[FreedomPoster]

Peach has an excellent rubuttal of all that, that I've bookmarked on my homepage links. Here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1513665/posts#2

Oh, and you're absolutely right.

[reefdiver]

These Un Patriotic bastards have to be exposed, their gloves have been off for a long time. The Republican Senators had better wake up. We must understand that there is not,has not been, and never will be a "new tone" in Washington. They repeat their lies over an over to the point that some people will actually believe them. Its past time to link their statements to AQ statements and the cost in terms of lives (Marines) on the battlefield.

[Arrowhead1952]

***1. we found WMDs (just not stockpiles) ***

Check the story (U.S. considering moving 500 tons of uranium from Iraq) from May 22, 2004 at the link below.

http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20040522/news_1n22uranium.html