Posted on 12/07/2005 12:26:40 PM PST by Retain Mike
George Bush lied about weapons of mass destruction. I quote, “We have known for years that Saddam Hussein is seeking and developing WMD’s. Iraq’s search for WMD’s has proven impossible to deter and we should assume it will continue as long as Saddam is in power. He has systematically violated, over the course of the past 11 years, every significant UN resolution that demanded he disarm and destroy his chemical and biological weapons, and any nuclear capacity. The last UN weapons inspectors left Iraq in October of 1998. We are confident that Saddam Hussein retains some stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons, and that he has since embarked on a crash course to build up his chemical and biological warfare capabilities. There is unmistakable evidence Saddam Hussein is working aggressively to develop nuclear weapons and will likely have nuclear weapons within the next five years. That is why we must be prepared to use force, if necessary, to disarm Saddam Hussein and eliminate Iraq’s WMD’s once and for all.”
The above quotes compile statements respectively by Ted Kennedy, Al Gore, Henry Waxman, Robert Byrd, Jay Rockefeller, and John Edwards. These quotes concerning WMD’s were uncontested points in 2002, which then formed the basis for further discussions. The legend persists instead that these and similar statements were talking points exclusively for George Bush. Contact your newspaper if you are interested in sources. Let us move the debate beyond this mythology.
P.S.
The sources of the quotes are as follows:
Ted Kennedy Sept. 27, 2002; http://kennedy.senate.gov/~kennedy/statements/02/09/2002927718.html
Al Gore Sept. 23, 2002: www.commonwealthclub.org/archive/02/02-09gore-speech.html
Henry Waxman October10, 2002; http://www.house.gov/waxman/news_files/news_statements_res_iraq_10_10_02.htm
Robert Byrd October 3, 2002; http://www.cooperativeresearch.org/archive/2002/byrd100302.htm
Jay Rockefeller October 10, 2002; http://rockefeller.senate.gov/news/2002/flrstmt0102002.html
John Edwards October 10, 2002; http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/F?r107:7:./temp/~r107pqkqkf:e858562:
Other quotes and sources; www.quickrob.com/politics/iraq.quotes.html
New Dem motto
Lieberman Lied.. (add stuff here)
Yeah, and the Dims didn't see the "same intelligence", or so they say.
Nice try but I think they will just continue to walk away from their own words without any accountability.
They're politicians. We let them behave this way.
Hey this is HUGH! and Vey series!
Just ask Jay Rockefeller, since he gave Syria the heads up that we were going to war.
Hugh Grant? Hugh Laurie?
"The libs will simply counter that the Dims made these comments because Bush "cooked" the intelligence."
We could say the Democraps were brain washed ala George Romney, but that wouldn't hold water considering the leftist RATS are brainless. Still, I think it would be a good tactic to suggest they were suckered by dumb old country boy Bush.
hugh aren't funny
(If what I just wrote makes you sad or angry,
Somebody named "Busd" lied about someone's witty reply? What exactly was the retort?
If GWB had REALLY wanted to lie he could have shipped some stuff over with our troops to make sure we could show it on the evening news with Dan Blather. Journalists don't know what WMD looks like anyway so most anything will work. Nobody is saying it had to actually work. Remember, it's all a lie....:-)
He's among those who merit deep investigation.
Bwahahahahaha!
Sorry for hugh :-(
"Just ask Jay Rockefeller, since he gave Syria the heads up that we were going to war."
Shirley, he can't be Syria's.
Great points, but not too well written. Has no "snap."
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