“Bush Lied About WMD” — retort

[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

[EQAndyBuzz]

If you look it says 2002. The RATS talking point says they were given bad information by the White House. That is theie gripe.

What they should be pointing at is the ABC news story in 1999 about the WMD, The TIME magazine article about Saddams weapons, the Deulfer report, The NY Times, WAPO and LA Times articles and the European intelligence community as well as Clintons bill to overthrow Hussein.

Basically the RATS are trying to rewrite history to say pre 9/11 this never happened.

[darkangel82]

IBTZ?

[jonrick46]

I am in 100% agreement that this issue needs to be opened up. If it is true that WMDs were moved, it will show that there is a hidden underground of countries acting to keep the existence of them hidden. If even one Nuke were set off in a key city in our country (New York City for example) it would cause such catastrophic consequences that I do not even have words to describe the effects.

This is a shell game we have to win.

[rlmorel]

ping for later

[rlmorel]

This is a great article written by someone on the ground who was a inspector with UNSCOM, his name is Bill Tierney.

Read this thoroughly.

http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=20154

[bdfromlv]

also one of our traitorous congress men bragged about warning the enimies before the attack so the sadamites could prepare.

[ctdonath2]

...thus saying their own heros aren't smart enough to make such evaluations on their own.

[Fedora]

Shirley, he can't be Syria's.

He is Syria's. . .

and don't call him Shirley.

:-)

[Retain Mike]

Sorry, but on my screen I don't see Busd. I see Bush three times. I need sone help here.

[frogjerk]

Sorry, but on my screen I don't see Busd. I see Bush three times. I need sone help here.

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[Chena]

Sorry, but on my screen I don't see Busd. I see Bush three times. I need sone help here.

I don't see "Busd" either. Not sure what I'm not seeing, but I can't figure out why you're getting slammed around a bit. Your links aren't "clickable", but I've had that happen to me too when I've tried to post links.

[ex-snook]

Looks like they all 'lied'. Seems everyone said Iraq had WMD, except the inspectors on the ground who actually looked. Who woulda thunk it. Especially after everyone also believed the aspirin factory that Clinton bombed also was a threat. Are we gullible or dupes?

[Retain Mike]

I am sorry about the "sone", but again I don't see the Busd.

[Retain Mike]

I see a score of seven to one on typos, right?

[New Perspective]

HTML tags are easy and we are a lazy lot for good reason ;)

HAHAHA, nicely done.

[PISANO]

Why would Bush lie about WMDs?

BINGO!!

I have been saying this since all this BUSH LIED people DIED crap started in the MSM.

In order for Bush to have lied he would have had to be the ONLY PERSON on the face of the earth TO KNOW THAT SADDAM did NOT have WMD because EVERYONE EVERYWHERE KNEW he had them.

Consequently if BUSH KNEW there were NO WMD he ALSO KNEW he would be CAUGHT when NONE where found and that makes as much sense as Howard Dean and the Dimwit Party.

[aflaak]

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[aflaak]

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