Posted on 11/02/2006 8:09:04 PM PST by hipaatwo
And of course the article is out, and it is indeed documents from the pre-1991 Iraqi program.
Their heads are going to spin clear off tomorrow.
"If Saddam rejects peace and we have to use force, our purpose is clear. We want to seriously diminish the threat posed by Iraq's weapons of mass destruction program." - Bill Clinton, Feb. 17, 1998
"Saddam's goal ... is to achieve the lifting of U.N. sanctions while retaining and enhancing Iraq's weapons of mass destruction programs. We cannot, we must not and we will not let him succeed." -- Madeline Albright, 1998
"He will use those weapons of mass destruction again, as he has ten time since 1983." - Sandy Berger, Clinton National Security Adviser, Feb 18, 1998
Of course NYTimes wants to make it a bad thing, but in fact it proves that Saddam was a threat.
If he had detailed plans which could build a bomb in a year, he could sell them or give them to terrorists, or build his own bomb as soon as sanctions are lifted.
The administration probably shouldn't have been so open, although the democrats are on record calling for everything to be declassified.
But in order for the NYTimes to claim the Bush administration put us at risk, they have to acknowledge that Saddam had knowledge that put us at risk.
If we don't let them, we can win the spin on this story.
Well they think this will humiliate Bush. The newest bit from Drudge is "NYT: U.S. POSTING OF IRAQ NUKE DOCS ON WEB COULD HAVE HELPED IRAN..."
But see ... the problem with the NYT thinking (beyond the obvious fact that they're traitors) is that it kinda, you know, proves that Bush was RIGHT.
Bush did a good thing by heading into Iraq.
Someone else did a bad thing by posting the documents.
The NYSlimes is really calling the kettle black here. They've disclosed three or four of our national security programs, and now they're whining because of something published by the administration? That's rich. And, besides, I'm sure Iran didn't need to read those documents in order to make a nuke - not only could they look up "how to build a nuclear bomb" on the internet, but Russia and/or Germany have probably given them a hand, as well. The NYSlimes is losing it, but their last five readers will probably suck it right up and BLAME BUSH.
Oh, If the Slimes say so it must be now the truth!
when did Pakistan detonate their nuke?
Maybe they figure they better come on over to the winning side now!!!
What's the problem? Bush didn't post the documents.
*RUUUUUUUMMMMBBLLE*
Bush's
F A U L T !!!
I agree.
Among the dozens of documents in English were Iraqi reports written in the 1990s and in 2002 for United Nations inspectors in charge of making sure Iraq abandoned its unconventional arms programs after the Persian Gulf war. Experts say that at the time, Mr. Husseins scientists were on the verge of building an atom bomb, as little as a year away.
The New York Times is confirming that in 2002, Iraq was one year away from building an atomic bomb. Had the United States not eliminated this threat, today we would be facing a nuclear armed Iraq and possibly a nuclear armed Iran.
http://polipundit.com/index.php?p=15780
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You're being too logical. This is politics. From their twisted perspective, the "Bush administration" is solely at fault.
But again, all it really proves is that Saddam really was a threat, with threatening material that he could give to any of our enemies.
I see this helping the Republicans no end by emphasizing that, you know, BUSH WAS RIGHT.
I'm not turning my back on 'em!
Oh what the hell..
R-O-V-E..you magnificent bastard!
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