"[W]e urge you, after consulting with Congress, and consistent with the U.S. Constitution and laws, to take necessary actions (including, if appropriate, air and missile strikes on suspect Iraqi sites) to respond effectively to the threat posed by Iraq's refusal to end its weapons of mass destruction programs." You can see who signed the letter in the attacked copy, but among them are the following Senate Democrats: Levin, Lieberman, Lautenberg, Dodd, Kerrey, Feinstein, Mikulski, Daschle, Breaux, Johnson, Inouye, Landrieu, Ford and Kerry.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/924722/posts I agree, this information PROVES unequivocably, in their own words, that the Democrats KNEW also that Iraq has WMD, and that their current claims are nothing but a vicious political attack on the President.
This letter should be posted and sent everywhere and conservative columnists should pick it up and publicize it.
Sorry for the duplicate, portion. What I wanted to copy in addition is this: Daschle was pushing to have removal of WMD a major cause, when in fact the resolution clearly stated numerous other reasons as well, not only removal of WMD, and clearly he speaks as someone who strongly believes that Saddam does indeed have WMD, which poses a significant threat to the US.
http://www.senate.gov/~daschle/pdf/iraqresolution101002.pdf Second: We need to make it clear to the world that the reason we would use force in Iraq is to remove
Saddam Hussein’s weapons of mass destruction. I would prefer that this goal had been made explicit in this
resolution. However, it is clear from this debate that Saddam’s weapons of mass destruction are the principal
threat to the United States -- and the only threat that would justify the use of United States military force
against Iraq. It is the threat that the President cited repeatedly in his speech to the American people Monday
night. It may also be the only threat that can rally the world to support our efforts. Therefore, we expect, and
success demands, that the Administration not lose sight of this essential mission.