Posted on 05/29/2003 3:32:34 PM PDT by LibertyBelt
Is more time going to turn these assurances into validity, or expose them to to be lies? This is getting to be like proof for evolution when there are NO intermediary fossils. I"m willing to wait longer, sure enough, but Bush and Co. better damn well hope substantial proof of what we were assured existed, and formed the justification for the war....
Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction.
Dick Cheney August 26, 2002
Right now, Iraq is expanding and improving facilities that were used for the production of biological weapons.
George W. Bush September 12, 2002
If he declares he has none, then we will know that Saddam Hussein is once again misleading the world.
Ari Fleischer December 2, 2002
We know for a fact that there are weapons there.
Ari Fleischer January 9, 2003
Our intelligence officials estimate that Saddam Hussein had the materials to produce as much as 500 tons of sarin, mustard and VX nerve agent.
George W. Bush January 28, 2003
We know that Saddam Hussein is determined to keep his weapons of mass destruction, is determined to make more.
Colin Powell February 5, 2003
We have sources that tell us that Saddam Hussein recently authorized Iraqi field commanders to use chemical weapons -- the very weapons the dictator tells us he does not have.
George Bush February 8, 2003
So has the strategic decision been made to disarm Iraq of its weapons of mass destruction by the leadership in Baghdad? I think our judgment has to be clearly not.
Colin Powell March 8, 2003
Intelligence gathered by this and other governments leaves no doubt that the Iraq regime continues to possess and conceal some of the most lethal weapons ever devised.
George Bush March 17, 2003
Well, there is no question that we have evidence and information that Iraq has weapons of mass destruction, biological and chemical particularly . . . all this will be made clear in the course of the operation, for whatever duration it takes.
Ari Fleisher March 21, 2003
There is no doubt that the regime of Saddam Hussein possesses weapons of mass destruction. As this operation continues, those weapons will be identified, found, along with the people who have produced them and who guard them.
Gen. Tommy Franks March 22, 2003
I have no doubt we're going to find big stores of weapons of mass destruction.
Defense Policy Board member Kenneth Adelman March 23, 2003
One of our top objectives is to find and destroy the WMD. There are a number of sites.
Pentagon Spokeswoman Victoria Clark March 22, 2003
We know where they are. They are in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad.
Donald Rumsfeld March 30, 2003
Obviously the administration intends to publicize all the weapons of mass destruction U.S. forces find -- and there will be plenty.
Neocon scholar Robert Kagan April 9, 2003
I think you have always heard, and you continue to hear from officials, a measure of high confidence that, indeed, the weapons of mass destruction will be found.
Ari Fleischer April 10, 2003
We are learning more as we interrogate or have discussions with Iraqi scientists and people within the Iraqi structure, that perhaps he destroyed some, perhaps he dispersed some. And so we will find them.
George Bush April 24, 2003
There are people who in large measure have information that we need . . . so that we can track down the weapons of mass destruction in that country.
Donald Rumsfeld April 25, 2003
We'll find them. It'll be a matter of time to do so.
George Bush May 3, 2003
I am confident that we will find evidence that makes it clear he had weapons of mass destruction.
Colin Powell May 4, 2003
I never believed that we'd just tumble over weapons of mass destruction in that country.
Donald Rumsfeld May 4, 2003
I'm not surprised if we begin to uncover the weapons program of Saddam Hussein -- because he had a weapons program.
George W. Bush May 6, 2003
U.S. officials never expected that "we were going to open garages and find" weapons of mass destruction.
Condoleeza Rice May 12, 2003
I just don't know whether it was all destroyed years ago -- I mean, there's no question that there were chemical weapons years ago -- whether they were destroyed right before the war, (or) whether they're still hidden.
Maj. Gen. David Petraeus, Commander 101st Airborne May 13, 2003
Before the war, there's no doubt in my mind that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction, biological and chemical. I expected them to be found. I still expect them to be found.
Gen. Michael Hagee, Commandant of the Marine Corps May 21, 2003
Given time, given the number of prisoners now that we're interrogating, I'm confident that we're going to find weapons of mass destruction.
Gen. Richard Myers, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff May 26, 2003
They may have had time to destroy them, and I don't know the answer.
Donald Rumsfeld May 27, 2003
For bureaucratic reasons, we settled on one issue, weapons of mass destruction (as justification for invading Iraq) because it was the one reason everyone could agree on.
Paul Wolfowitz May 28, 2003
Quotes shamelessly stolen from http://billmon.org.v.sabren.com/archives/000172.html
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The problem here is the bold statements "We know, He definitely has, verified etc". That will come back to bite Bush hard if nothing substantial is found.
Bush, et al: We know abbsolutely Saddam has WMD's
Saddam: I don't have any WMD's.
One side was lying, the other was telling the truth. We went to war to prove who was the liar and who was not. It's beginning to look which was which will become pretty obvious in the reasonably near future. But will the ones who supported the liar (Arab or American as the case may be) change their position? I doubt it.
Surveys have found that the vast majority of the American people don't care if WMDs are found or not, and every mass grave uncovered, every interview with someone who lost his family, or every picture of happy Iraqis enforces that belief. People have just decided it was already worth it. And the people who are upset WMD haven't been found will automatically switch to "they were planted!" mantra as soon as they are announced.
I should have qualified my statement better upon re-reading "will come back" should have been changed to "could come back". I see the 2004 election as a likely dog fight. Every morsel of information that can possbily be damning will be used, distorted, made up, whatever. This is a morsel and possibly a meal.
And the people who are upset WMD haven't been found will automatically switch to "they were planted!" mantra as soon as they are announced.
Lefties can't be reached but they can reach out to other people. As you may well know, voting can be a superficial thing. "Where are the WMDs?" could end up being as effective as "it's the economy stupid". It's short, simple and doesn't require deep thinking or qualifiers. Slogans can be effective. Then again I was surprised that more Americans didn't turn on Clinton when he lied to their faces so maybe you are correct that this is a dead issue.
I guess that the hate Clinton crowd, would have supported him if he would have lied to us like this. Yeah sure they would. For those that still can think for themselves, remember. Both parties lie, politicians are all corrupt or corruptible, and it is a game that never ends. That is why so many don't vote, or participate. They are simply opting out of a fixed game.
But lengthy explanations are moot when someone can scream "Where are the WMDs?" and that can resonate with the un-informed. Will that happen? I don't know but I know how the left thinks and this is a hammer for them. Whether it is effective remains to be seen.
Gulf War 1 surrender conditions were many, all of which were BROKEN almost IMMEDIATELY by Sadaam and his gang. The STAR condition was to list the WMD and DOCUMENT their destruction. THAT was NOT done either. So.....when an country who has UNCONDITIONALLY surrendered, BREAKS the conditions set for it the articles of surrender, they thereby offer themselves up for "RESUMPTION OF HOSTILITIES" as if GULF WAR 1 NEVER ENDED. Case closed! Get over it people.
Other than fodder for our enemies within and without it doesn't matter a wit if we find WMD.
I honestly believe we are sitting on TONS of the stuff, just waiting for the right moment.
But then again, maybe we haven't found any yet. But why is it such a big deal right now? Iraq is the size of California. How long would it take to search California for a couple barrels?
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