[bcsco]

Alright, you opened the door, now back it up. Since you appear to know more than current and recent administrations about Iraq's possession of WMD let's hear the facts. No conjecture, no vague references to media reports or talking points. Facts only! What is the irrefutable information you have that Iraq's WMD never existed beyond 1998? If you want to discredit "so-called" conservatives for believing that WMD existed after 1998 then do so with facts. Saying that it was used by "that dysfunctional @sshole look presidential and garner political support from soccer moms with double-digit IQs" doesn't fit the bill.

Lastly, your response that "In fact, suggesting that the war is a success or a failure is a futile endeavor": It was, in fact you who suggested the war was a dismal failure; your original post read "I'd also point out that this war was a dismal failure on the part of the U.S. Those are your words. So, apparently you admit to being engaged in a futile endeavor.

'Nuff said!

[Alberta's Child]

What is the irrefutable information you have that Iraq's WMD never existed beyond 1998?

Wrong question to ask -- since you're suggesting that I must prove that something doesn't exist. The burden of proof is on those who insist that it DOES exist. We can go back over some typical threads here in late 2002 and early 2003 to make my point . . .

Alberta's Child: I'm telling you right now that these so-called WMDs will never be found.

Other Freeper: What are you, a DUmmie? Of course they will. Everybody knows they will . . . it's beyond any doubt.

Alberta's Child: All right -- let's have a bet on it.

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Now let's fast-forward to 2006 . . .

Alberta's Child: Where are those WMDs? It's been more than three years now.

Other Freeper: What are you, a DUmmie? They've been moved to Syria. Everybody knows that's exactly what happened to them . . . it's beyond any doubt.

Alberta's Child: They aren't going to be found in Syria. Let's have a bet on it.

As you can see, this kind of discussion ends up being a futile waste of time -- because at every turn of the road there will always be people who "insist" that they know exactly what happened to these WMDs -- "beyong any doubt." If I had 100 years to spend on this process, I'd end up in a bizarre discussion with someone right here on FreeRepublic with someone who insists that these WMDs were either take to the International Space Station on a Russian re-supply mission, or hidden in John Kerry's basement by George Soros.

It was, in fact you who suggested the war was a dismal failure; your original post read "I'd also point out that this war was a dismal failure on the part of the U.S."

Let's go back and look at my original post here . . . "I'd also point out that this war was a dismal failure on the part of the U.S. if we've spent hundreds of billions of dollars and thousands of U.S. lives over these WMDs only to have them spirited out of the country without our knowledge."

I don't "converse" with you on a regular basis here, so I'll be a little lenient. But the next time you quote me out of context in a deliberate attempt to deceive other people on this site will be the last time I post a response to you.