TRUTH ALERT: Why we overthrew Iraqi Regime

White House website ^ | 6/11/03 | George W. Bush

[Wolfstar]

The 1998 Iraq Liberation Act, passed overwhelmingly by Congress and signed by then-president Bill Clinton, made regime change in Iraq the policy of the United States Government. What Bill Clinton failed to follow through on, George W. Bush completed. We must not allow ourselves to be suckered and baited into forgetting the truth — which was so well stated in the President's great 9/12/02 speech to the United Nations.

[OXENinFLA]

This along with the 4' stack of evidence should keep the Dims busy for awhile.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Excellent work!

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[CGVet58]

Wolfstar, a great measure of thanks for the work you've put in on this. bump'n'keep

[JeeperFreeper]

Two points need repeating. One, the Hussein regime was itself a weapon of mass destruction killing hundreds of thousands of Iraqis and others.Two, just because no other WMD have yet been found means nothing. After all, we have not yet found Hussein. According to the Bush critics' logic, this means Saddam Hussein never existed either.

[Wolfstar]

CGVet58, you are most welcome. Hope it helps those who need a little ammunition when discussing the issue among their family, friends and peers.

MadIvan, pinging you in support of your PM.

[zip]

Fantastic work. Thank you for recapping. Bump and keep

[F.J. Mitchell]

BTTT!

[Hobsonphile]

Bump

[jla]

FYI

[onedoug]

Thank you for posting.

Dennis Prager had an Iraqi Christian, just recently returned from that country, on his radio program this morning.

According to him, the only TV the Iraqi populace receives is from Iran, propoganda 24/7.

Our forces gave their lives for this?

Somebody had better start getting smart, quick, or we're going to lose.

God help us.

[k2blader]

Bump.

[witnesstothefall]

Excellent sentiments, but you posted this as though George Bush were the author of what is your own vanity post.

Borrowing another's pedigree kind of destroys the credibility of the post, doncha think?

[my_pointy_head_is_sharp]

Excellent sentiments, but you posted this as though George Bush were the author of what is your own vanity post.

Borrowing another's pedigree kind of destroys the credibility of the post, doncha think?

The first three paragraphs are Wolfstar's own. At the end of the third, he says "[Begin Excerpt]". Then excerpts of the President's remarks follow, SNIPPED in places, with Wolfstar's editorial comments.

Yes, it could have been put together a bit better, but it's obvious that he tried, and that he didn't intend to pass off his remarks as the President's. If you'll check the link to the website, you'll see that the remarks that Wolfstar posted are the President's. (I didn't read them all, but the one or two that I was looking for were there.)

[Wolfstar]

I've never seen a definition of what constitutes a "vanity" post. However, the above is a lengthy EXERPT from the speech given by George W. Bush to the United Nations on 9/12/02. (I did give some thought to whether or not to put the President's name in as "author," since, technically speaking, his speechwriters wrote the piece. But he gave it, and in that respect, he is the author.)

As for my own interspersed commentary, it is clearly marked with [Ed. note:].

So, while I do welcome constructive criticism, with all due respect, yours may be well-meant, but is mistaken.

[my_pointy_head_is_sharp]

MadIvan, pinging you in support of your PM.

Uh, MadIvan apparently hasn't been on FR since May 20. Which is worrisome. It's quite a long time.

[Wolfstar]

Thank you very much for your assistance.

My points are these: The President summarized several reasons for removing Hussein, presented Hussein (and the UN) with a 5-point ultimatium, and then waited about six months to see if matters could be respoved peacefully. When he finally acted to remove Hussein, the President was acting on United States policy as established jointly by both the Congressional and Executive branches of our government.

I don't want those essential points to be lost in a spasm of nitpicking over what is or is not a "vanity," and whether or not I made the correct decision in putting GWB's name down as "author."

[my_pointy_head_is_sharp]

Just noticed a June 6th update on his Dreamers of Dune site. I guess he's OK then. Wonder why he's not on FR anymore.

[Wolfstar]

Yeah, I miss him and hope all is well.