Where the WMDs Went

FrontPage Magazine ^ | Nov. 16, 2005 | Jamie Glazov

[George W. Bush]

Also, don't forget that Saddam flew his air force to Iran prior to the Gulf War.

Part of his air force. Not his latest models. Those got buried or shot down, I think.

Iran was supposed to return them later. But somehow they forgot they were supposed to return them.

[Ditto]

Quote of the day:

"I believe that once the pertinent sources have a sense of security, a whole lot of people are going to have egg on their face. I believe the Iraqis had a WMD program, and I am not changing my story, no matter how many times Chris Matthews hyperventilates.

Fellow Freepers, we could well be looking at a real double Darwin Award moment for both the Democrat party and the mainstream media. With the hyperventilating of not just the partisan Chrissy Matthews beltway blowhards, but the cynical lies and distortions of virtually the entire leadership of the Democrat party, they may have just destroyed themselves.

[Ditto]

The stock reply for all of your objections to his analysis would be "That was pre-1998 leftovers and Iraq had no WMDs in 2003."

The timeline is important to keep in mind.

[kabar]

The very fact that he would send part or all of his air force to his archenemy, Iran, is instructive. I don't think he was expecting them to be returned. In any event, the Iranians didn't.

FYI: 137 aircraft were flown to Iran. Saddam lost 36 fixed-wing aircraft in air-to-air engagements; 6 helicopters in air-to-air engagements; and 68 fixed- and 13 rotary-wing aircraft destroyed on the ground. Gulf War Facts

[#1CTYankee]

From your response#7"I'm sure he's sincere. But I question why we aren't finding indeliable scientific evidence of the WMD research he's describing here. "

From your response #35"I think that like Blix and others, he'll write a book to make some money. A book like that has to target an audience."

Somehow I find it hard to believe you think this man is sincere.

[eleni121]

Required reading...yah especially since the MSM is never going to report this incredible stuff. I can't see Bill Tierney being interviewed on 60 Minutes or any of the other mediocre news shows.

[M. Espinola]

They should use portions of the spoof at Saddam's trial :)

[M. Espinola]

"Also, don't forget that Saddam flew his air force to Iran prior to the Gulf War."

We need to recall in the sick, twisted mind of Saddam he really thought with transferring his WMD to Syria, and relocating Iraq's Soviet Migs, he would recover his weapons once the Americans 'returned home', as in the 1st Gulf War. He was dead wrong.

What's even more twisted is the leftist media moguls know the same damn thing but insist they must 'get Bush' as the 'got Nixon', placing our troops and country in greater danger from the Islamic death cults.

[fight_truth_decay]

1.77 metric tons of enriched uranium

1,500 gallons of chemical weapons agents

Chemical warheads containing cyclosarin (a nerve agent five times more deadly than sarin gas)

Over 1,000 radioactive materials in powdered form meant for dispersal over populated areas

No it does not make sense I agree. The Bomb in My Garden by an Iraqi scientist. (centrifuge parts)

Is this amount of WMD capable weapons "verified" to have been recovered in Iraq to date not life threatening? I don't think so! Why the silence? Why do we have to wait for WMDs to be built; and should logic dictate the importance of finding said mass weapons of mass destruction in their early stages of gathering before construction; and most importantly before their deadly use?

The White House is its' own worst enemy in getting out the Facts and Keeping the Public Informed. This inaction allows for the deception of the public through the MSM which gives fodder to political assassins with their swords of rhetoric sharpened to the point of causing great harm in public opinion to the President, Cheney and Rice aka our Administration.

Everyone has something to gain here on Both sides, as most voted for the war in Iraq on more than just the discovery of WMD's. The Dems look bad flip flopping around and they seem uncomfortable back tracking constantly. Jay Rockefeller has a lot of esplainin' to do, Lucy.

Now, Mother Cindy will head over the pond on her First European Tour. As soon as she steps on another's soil and spreads her crazed rhetoric; we should request she not be allowed back in this country. She will be aiding the enemy and the enemy within.

[etradervic]

The Left is easy to defeat in the forum of ideas so it is frustrating to have heard their propaganda for the last year unchecked.
IMO this administration has been on vacation for the past year.

[UCANSEE2]

Joe Wilson went to Niger on 'personal business' two times.

Once during the Clinton Administration, Once during the Bush Administration.

Each time his wife suggested "JOE" could spy for the CIA since he had good contacts. Like the President of Niger.

Each time he reported there were no sales.

Each time Saddam got Yellowcake Uranium from somewhere.

Each time his 'company' was there and that is why he had to go.

His company is a broker and reportedly was brokering the sale of yellowcake uranium and other ores for the President of Niger.

It is a matter of record. One which the DEMS are avoiding.
Which is why the 'fake' documents about the sale. Which is why the complaints from the DEMS about those documents and Bush.

They don't want you to know that the guy giving the bad info was Joe Wilson and he was doing so to profit from illegal and treasonous sale of ores used in creation of nuclear weapons.

[UCANSEE2]

Little known fact. Joe's ex-wife is French. Joe's company brokers deals for the President of Niger.

[UCANSEE2]

You asked what basis did we go to war.

The Government, during the Clinton administration, passed a bill stating that the white house must pursue removing Saddam from power. That job fell into President Bush's hands.

The DEMS don't want to mention that they voted YES for an ORDER that President Bush remove Saddam.

[A CA Guy]

If they existed, the only reason for the President to say there were none would be to collect them all first before all the insurgents came in to get some themselves.

Outside of that, it makes no sense, we know they had all kinds of chemical drums and other stuff in the very least.

[A CA Guy]

Maybe the President is also giving all the Democrats all the rope they need to hang themselves.

What happens if in the last year of his administration they find and document a bunch of WMD?
How would that effect the Democrat party and their votes for President in 2008 and everything else?
IMO, that would render the Democrat party powerless for a good 4 decades at least.

[little jeremiah]

Thanks for the info. It's sick that this is not widely known.

[Lancer_N3502A]

Bump

[George W. Bush]

The Government, during the Clinton administration, passed a bill stating that the white house must pursue removing Saddam from power. That job fell into President Bush's hands.

Well, it's a novel argument.

No president in the last hundred years has considered themselves bound to congressional policy in this way. And foreign policy and military action are most strongly vested in the executive by the Constitution.

I don't think our prez would say he went to war because a Clinton-era congress forced him to do it.

[UCANSEE2]

Thank you.


And you are correct, the President is not bound to that directive.

And the President has stated why we went to war, how we would go, what we would do, and what it would take.

He has not varied from his plans one bit.

Everyone agreed at the time.

It is sad that for the DEMS, reelection trumps patriotism, and the safety of the United States.