Posted on 04/19/2007 3:13:26 AM PDT by aculeus
That construction seemed odd to me also........
It was published in The Spectator a venerable British magazine and reposted to her site.
As she notes in her last paragraph "Of course we don’t know whether any of this is true." Neither do I, but I consider it post-worthy.
Not to protect the Russians or anybody else... But here's one idea:
After the fall of Baghdad, we faced the task of searching something like 10,000 ammo depots for chem/bio weapons. If it becomes known then that there ARE chemical shells and agents free for the taking all over the Iraqi landscape, then Al Queda would obviously be looking for them too, and they'd likely find some. This would be bad. The U.S. would be to blame for WMD falling into the hands of terrorists, which was what we rightfully were trying to prevent by taking down Saddam.
No amount of troops could have secured all of the sites quick enough. So... you create a fiction and fall on your sword for them never being there in the first place, while you take the time to search and destroy without competition.
That, and a whole bunch of it went to Syria.
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Any anyone who dares to carry the truth of the matter risks condemnation and/or ridicule.
That said, we must all press on with the truth. . .perhaps it will expand to such; that it can no longer be contained . .
I have been debating how to post an experience that happened to me recently, and will I do so now in a deliberately vague way because I do not wish this writing to get back to the source. But it did happen and it troubled me deeply.
I met someone who appears frequently as a security expert on a major cable news channel. This person has a long background as a member of the U.S. military. The conversation drifted to the war in Iraq, and this person launched into a long diatribe against the administration. While I do not believe all members of the armed forces share the same political views, the extent of the rather far left talking points this person espoused was remarkable.
The “lecture” included claims that the intelligence community knew the exact location and amounts of all chemical, and biological agents in Iraq before the war, and that GW cherry picked data to buttress the WMD case, that the war was just to take out Saddam for going after “Bush’s daddy”, and that the administration is guilty of violating the first, second, and third Geneva conventions. A litany of violations of the Constitution were enumerated, and parallels drawn to the fall of the Roman Republic. Furthermore he stated that the generals all hate Bush and if this was any other country there would have been a coup.
I am open to the possibility that Bush did gin up an excuse to invade Iraq, if the reason was a greater strategic end. Such a fact would be troubling to me, perhaps I would even consider it worthy of impeachment despite noble intentions, but it would be something wrong done for the a greater good. However, I do not buy the blood for oil line, and when this person started the old “Cheney and Rove are Bush’s brain” chestnut, sirens immediately began going off in my head.
While I am sure of this person’s general background, I am not so convinced that the claims to inside knowledge and direct interaction with many players in the Iraq war planning are as valid. Lots of folks exaggerate their resumes.
In any event, I was deeply troubled by what I heard. Have those of us who have supported this administration been duped by a corrupt regime? Has this person had some sort of life changing experience that has turned him against his former life in arms? Is he simply saying what the media wants to hear in order to get work?
Whatever the truth is, this individual is helping to shape public attitudes toward the War on Terror, in both news outlets and dramatic shows and movies. If there is anyone who has detailed knowledge of the planning and intelligence prior to the invasion of Iraq, or who may feel they might know who such an individual might be and can provide more background, feel free to send a private message. I would like to get to the bottom of this.
Whoa Hoa! The dots are starting to get connected. The commie peaceniks are going to have lots to answer for.
The liberal establishment (political, academic, media) denies that the Stalin’s USSR was attempting to influence US policy through inflitration of American political, academic, and media institutions.
The KGB files have come out and shown that this was so.
Don’t expect the historical record to clear up after any incriminating evidence comes to life.
There are Holocause deniers who are given credence around this world. There are those who deny that Bush won 2 elections and that in 2002 (between those two elections) Republicans won MORE seats.
We cannot have an honest debate with the other sides because they refuse to concede established details.
BTTT /bookmark for later research.
Every award has a name. I separated out with two ribbons. That may sound important to a civilian but if I say that they were the GCM and the NDSM it’s not impressive at all.
If he retired as a Tech Sergeant, that is less credible than a Lt. Colonel. The standardized periodic report of an NCO would be more easily lost or destroyed than a formal mission report of an officer. I would like to know more before I jump up and down with glee over this story.
Ping for later read.
Assuming that this story is true, it proves that the military and the president are bigger idiots than the liberals ever suspected. It means that the entire reason for going to war was stolen right out from under our noses.
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Sure, but it's not hidden. It's right out in the open every day.
“Assuming that this story is true, it proves that the military and the president are bigger idiots than the liberals ever suspected.”
I don’t buy that. Out of what were probably thousands of reports of WMD they were supposed to expend resources they didnt have enough of on this one. The WMD probably was in these but was carted out on the trucks that left for Syria shortly before the war.
The Libs just want to paint America as the stupid war mongers. Nothing ever makes them happy except to see a socialist dictator take power. They care nothing for the millions of Iraqi’s that died under Saddam or the millions that would die if we left now.
And worse, if I’m reading the article correctly, the contents of those bunkers were moved to Syria, by Iraqi, Syrian and Russian agents AFTER the invasion. How would we have missed that??
That train has left the station. No one cares, least of all the DBM. Anna Nicole, global warming, the quagmire in Iraq, Gun control, and Corzine's accident are much more important!!
Old news....move on!!
Notice that the guy isn’t sure the WMD’s were still in the buker.
He might have discovered an empty bunker, he never entered it.
The only point here is that he discovered a bunker of WMD’s, because there was radiation and material outside that let think there was.
He might have learnt after that this was moved by Iraqis, Syrians and Russians, and he may think it happened after the invasion.
Probably not true. Happened before.
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