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Why Did Democrats Lie About Weapons of Mass Destruction?
Canada Free Press ^ | May 23, 2008 | By John Lillpop

Posted on 05/24/2008 9:46:06 PM PDT by parousia

As the war in Iraq grows more unpopular with increasing number of Americans, Democrats in collusion with the liberal mainstream media, continue to politicize the war by distorting the facts.

Claim that President Bush lied about WMD in order to implement a grand strategy by neo-cons well before he took office supposedly aimed at using military force to install democratic regimes friendly to the U.S. throughout the Middle East.

However, the left has never adequately answered the following question. If Bush knew there was no WMD, why would he send 150,000 troops into Iraq since his “lie” would be immediately exposed by invading coalition forces and reported by a large contingent of media embedded within those forces?

Liberals also choose to ignore United Nations Resolution 144I,approved unanimously by the UN member nations. which clearly established that Iraq had WMD.

The liberal argument is discredited by comments by Democrats in Congress about the threat posed by Saddam WMD program put forth in a letter signed by Joe Lieberman, Dianne Feinstein, Barbara A. Milulski, Tom Daschle, & John Kerry and others on Oct.9, 1998

“ December will mark three years since UN inspectors last visited Iraq. There is no doubt that since that time, Saddam Hussein has reinvigorated his weapons programs. Reports indicate that biological, chemical and nuclear programs continue and Saddam is doubtless using cover of an illicit missile program to develop longer- range missiles that will threaten the United States and our allies."

"There’s no question Saddam Hussein is a threat and has chemical and biological weapons, as far as we know, is actively pursuing nuclear capabilities, though he doesn’t have nuclear warheads yet. If he were to acquire nuclear weapons, our friends in the region would face greatly increased risks as would we."—Wesley Clark on September 26, 2002

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 109th; 1441; 1998; bushlied; demlies; democratparty; democrats; saddam; unres1441; wmd; wmdquotes; wot
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Once the insurgency began to take a toll on American lives,the mainstream media conspired with the democrats to question President Bush's reasonable concern about Iraq's program to develop WMDs (given the history of Saddam's denial and evasion of specific locations for inspection, the evidence from US intelligence as well U.N. weapons inspectors who went to the Tuwaitha nuclear facility 30 miles outside of Baghdad to see if all the uranium inventoried during the last inspection in February was still there.) The facility was left unguarded in the early days of the war, and many officials say villagers looted much of the property.

The arrival of the team - whose members were not weapons inspectors - marked the first time since the Iraq war began that representatives from the U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency returned to the country. "Inspectors showed there was plenty of evidence to suggest they had weapons," a senior official told Fox News, refering to intelligence that the Iraqis were moving things around in preparation for a coming war. " You don't move things around and disperse them if you don't have them."

1 posted on 05/24/2008 9:46:08 PM PDT by parousia
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To: parousia
Why Did Democrats Lie

It's what they are. It's what they do.

2 posted on 05/24/2008 9:50:24 PM PDT by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle (If McCain really CAN "win without conservatives," then why do you care if I vote for him or not?)
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle

That’s what I was thinking. It’s like asking “why do fish swim.”


3 posted on 05/24/2008 9:51:01 PM PDT by A_perfect_lady
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To: parousia

It’s the same reason they’ve put forward an America hating Marxist for the Presidency.


4 posted on 05/24/2008 9:52:15 PM PDT by the anti-liberal (Write in: Fred Thompson)
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
It's what they are. It's what they do.

Short and to the point, Kent. 

5 posted on 05/24/2008 9:52:50 PM PDT by 1035rep
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To: parousia
Why Did Democrats Lie About Weapons of Mass Destruction?

Bush made them.

6 posted on 05/24/2008 9:54:53 PM PDT by South40 (Amnesty is a slap in the face to the USBP!)
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Its my understanding that the final report of the inspectors does list approximately 500 weapons of mass destruction that were found in Iraq, after the US invasion. This begs the further question; why does the left continue to also lie about no WMD being found.


7 posted on 05/24/2008 9:58:41 PM PDT by ChicagahAl (So your bumper sticker says: "Don't blame me, I didn't vote!"? Duh!)
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“Why Did Democrats Lie....”

Ultimately Democrats want power above all else.


8 posted on 05/24/2008 10:01:45 PM PDT by Red Steel
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Democrats lie because people expect them to do it and they know they will never be called on to explain why they lied.

They know the media is gutless and won't do their jobs.

9 posted on 05/24/2008 10:08:01 PM PDT by libs_kma (The land of the free, because of the brave)
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To: parousia

Because they can.

And you can’t stop them.


10 posted on 05/24/2008 10:10:56 PM PDT by Old Sarge (CTHULHU '08 - I won't settle for a lesser evil any longer!)
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If the idiots can block oil exploration for years, and yet somehow blame some CEO for the lack of supply, all while keeping a straight face, they are capable of all sorts of lying.

The "Bush Lied" mantra fits the media template, and thus goes unchallenged. The good news is there are millions of us who see through it, and know the facts.

The bad news is, it might not be enough.

11 posted on 05/24/2008 10:10:59 PM PDT by lawnguy (The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil-Cicero)
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And you never hear about the...
500 Tons of Uranium in Iraq!
12 posted on 05/24/2008 10:12:52 PM PDT by DocRock (All they that TAKE the sword shall perish with the sword. Matthew 26:52 Gun grabbers beware.)
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If it was a lie, it was a lie invented by the Democrats, and President Bush's crime was believing their lie.
13 posted on 05/24/2008 10:14:53 PM PDT by cookcounty (Obama reach across the aisle? He's so far to the left, he'll need a roadmap to FIND the aisle.)
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To: parousia

mark


14 posted on 05/24/2008 10:15:22 PM PDT by Christian4Bush ("In Israel, the President hit the nail on the head. The nails are complaining loudly." - John Bolton)
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>"Why Did Democrats Lie About Weapons of Mass Destruction?"

Because they're domestic enemies! Some knowingly, most all willingly!

15 posted on 05/24/2008 10:16:54 PM PDT by rawcatslyentist (Glittering prizes, and endless compromises, shatter the illusion of integrity! N.Peart)
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle

Why DO Democrats lie (fixed)?

They are not extinct!


16 posted on 05/24/2008 10:16:54 PM PDT by Atchafalaya
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To: parousia

They lie because we (the public) let them.


17 posted on 05/24/2008 10:19:08 PM PDT by Dawnsblood
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle

To paraphrase Bill Clinton, because they can.


18 posted on 05/24/2008 10:24:23 PM PDT by skr (I serve a risen Savior!)
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To: parousia

That the Dems lied is not a surprise—it is what they do.

The better question is: why didn’t Bush nail them with the truth? And where the h@ll were all the other Pubbie leaders? Too busy kissing Dem rear ends to be liked.

Our brilliant military victory over Saddam in three weeks time with minimal casaulties was completely overshadowed and minimalized by the Dems hysteria and the media echo chamber over the WMDs.

And the pattern was repeated: Valerie Plame/Joe Wilson/Scooter Libby/ Katrina

Let the Dems set the agenda. Don’t fight back. Don;t use the bully pulpit. Make nice with the Dem leaders while they sabotage you at every turn.

Never in the field of political conflict, has so much damage been done by such worthless and self serving jerks as the Dems, and so little opposition offered by the Pubs.

And now, shut up and elect the Democrat with the “R” after his name. Then go away.

The GOP will call you in another four years.


19 posted on 05/24/2008 10:28:47 PM PDT by exit82 (People get the government they deserve. And they are about to get it--in spades.)
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To: parousia

Bump


20 posted on 05/24/2008 10:29:56 PM PDT by Darnright (If "pro" is the opposite of "con", is progress the opposite of congress?)
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