A Nation of Liberators ~ No WMDs yet, and America shrugs.

WSJ - Opinion Journal ^ | June 15, 2003 | GEORGE MELLOAN

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

The failure to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq so far has been used against George W. Bush and Tony Blair by their political enemies in Europe. But very little has been made of it in the U.S., which bore the main cost of the war. Now, why would that be?

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

~24 million newly freed Iraqis,
provided w/ mountains of arms to use against us - by Saddam and America's enemies, within easy reach of even the Iraqi children - in schools and hospitals across Iraq,
~150,000 Coalition troops,
in a nation the size of Germany or California,
fewer than 12 Coalition casualties per week - since the liberation of Baghdad, Apr. 9.

"Chaos"? "Unwanted"?

[Leisler]

"...as partisans went to work on the French men and women who collaborated with the Germans...."

Only in the villages. The rest stayed on at high positions and became Presidents and such. The French love a good sell out pimp, even if it's own countrymens lives and nations honor( such as it is ) that is being sold.

[hgro]

The left wing worms are trying to invade the healthy body of American politics. It won't work.

[TomB]

The failure to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq so far has been used against George W. Bush and Tony Blair by their political enemies in Europe. But very little has been made of it in the U.S., which bore the main cost of the war. Now, why would that be?

Because, despite the constant whining of the isolationists around here, the Bush administration did a great job of communicating to the American people the MANY reasons for ousting Saddam, not just WMDs.

Credit must also go to the democrats who spent most of the 90s pontificating about Hussien's WMDs. ;-)

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Internet has made a difference - and EMBEDS...and FoxNews (new enemy of the Big Socialist media). Those on the left - around the world - watching the Iraqi people joyfully pulling down Saddam's statue were dismayed.

Tales of Saddam's Brutality [lengthy, graphic, White House websight] (includes lengthy press/Senate e-mail contact list) 

[doc]

What about all the other nations in the world that need "libertation". The PR campaign to justify this war was based MAINLY on Iraq possessing huge quantities of WMD, period. Bush was given misleading intelligence.

[alethia]

1. I'm not convinced that we won't find hidden caches of WMD's. A bit more time will prove that out.

2. I know (as does anyone who's been paying attention) that Saddam has had and used WMD's on the Kurds and the Iranians. Guess that doesn't count with some.

3. Wonder how we'll be able to track and prove how much of the WMD stash has ended up in Syria's Bekkaa Valley. You know, the place with all of the world wide terror training camps.

[CyberAnt]

Plus - if our intel was wrong - so was the intel of at least 5 other NATIONS. And ... the UN and NATO, etc.

[Tailgunner Joe]

bttt

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

I disagree, doc. What's more, I think every mainstream journalist, Dem. pol, socialist international opiner can make the case re. Saddam and WMDs based on the same INTEL available to every child on the net. It's pure politics.

Our military leaders and troops weren't pretending to be afraid of chem weapons on the way to Baghdad - they SLEPT with their masks. They were afraid. I listened to the daily briefings. I've checked the facts from CENTCOM and DoD and this military leadership has been extremely careful, professional, deliberate - while the accusers have been dishonest, untrustworthy and rash.

The day our troops liberated Baghdad, the watching world saw decades of left-wing propaganda about our military, our nation, our people de-bunked. WE were the liberators. THEY defended a monster. Our men are not pigs, Americans aren't racists, our military is more honorable than their critics - more heroic than the NGOs.

The next day we got the socialist elite turning a looting fraud into the "crime of the century" re. the museum treasures - our troops once more painted by the ACCUSERS as the bad guys - 'unsophisticated dupes of a right-wing administration more intent on protecting the oil than in defending the sacred history of the Iraqi people'. That lie helped our troops win hearts and minds at the beginning...not!

AMERICA is the good guy. America's military is honorable. America's President is courageous. The left is simply busy once more changing the subject, accusing...accusing...accusing, with a 'beam' in their own eye as big as the redwood forest.

Imho. The Dem. WMD "scandal" is one big sorelosermen leftover temper tantrum from the failed attempted election theft of 2000, with polls showing the nation waking up to them.

Col. Robert Patterson talking about his service under Pres. Clinton and his book, "Dereliction of Duty":

 

"Pres. Clinton never realized the moral authority to be our CIC. Moral authority has to be something given to you as a leader....something you have to earn."

 

"Mrs. Clinton didn't want military uniforms in the White House."

 

"On several occasions I found myself in the same room, same elevator w/ Al Gore...I'd say, "Good morning"... he never responded. He'd look away. He knew who I was."

 

Col. Patterson once got a call that an Air Force enlisted person who had been sexually molested on Air Force One the night before...all she wanted was an apology from Pres. Clinton...."Two weeks later we arranged an apology."

 

"He never did gain our trust." (re. the military)

 

"Where we find ourselves today is because of 8 years of neglect under Bill Clinton."

 

"If there's a real crime here - he compromised national security."

 

Not wanting to bash Clinton, but he won't go away..."Important to understand why we are where we are today."

 

"Personally, I can not think of a worse scenario for our military than to have Mrs. Clinton as our CIC."

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Mainstream media blackout on Col. Patterson's book. No calls from the Today Show or NBC Nightly News, but it's on the NY Times bestseller's list.  "I don't think I'll be approached by anyone in Hollywood."

 

Asked whether he was afraid of coming forward: "We have the best security system on the planet. We live in a neighborhood of ex-Marines...They liked the book, by the way."