((There is no question that Iraq was a far greater threat as anyone versed in international relations or history would know. Iraq had invaded its neighbors, gassed its own people, undertaken terrorist attacks upon the US homeland, and had an ongoing chemical and biological weapons program. It was much further along in the development of nuclear weapons than Iran and would have had one had Israel not blown up its reaction in the 1980s. It was also in a stand-off with the UN resulting from the Kuwait War.))You need to re-read your statements above again. It amazes me how much information is available to you, and you are still using the talking points rather than questioning these points?
1) Saddam gassed fanatical Islamists more than ten years ago. We then offered him FULL diplomatic relation. That was done because he has doing our proxy war. If you were under a rock somewhere during his conflict with Iran, and the Reagan arming him, and giving him intelligence to fight our war, then please read about it in history documents.
2)His military has been decimated by our constant bombing, and sanction.
3)The transcript of his meeting with Gillespie has been in all papers during the first Gulf war. How can facts become LIES in your views?
4) He had chemical and biological war material during the 1991 Gulf war, and HE DID NOT USE THEM against us, or against Israel. The UN then disarmed "most" of these weapons?
The confusion about his threat as life-long SECULAR dictator is a gross miscalculation. It cost us to waste time and money on a hell hole place that was "basically contained"! Our real enemy as I mentioned is Iran, and Saudi Arabia, and all other fanatical Islamic governments like Sudan.... You may choose to ignore the facts, but the facts will always be with us. Unless the US stops the hate preaching from Moslem Mosques all over the world and in the West too, we will always be in dangers. There are millions of fanatical Moslems in the US, and Europe being fed hate daily! What are we doing about that? We respect their religion of Peace. Good day.
"Talking points" from whom? I have steadfastly maintained everything I said for years while scorn was heaped on them by the RATmedia and not supported by any major authority figure. Not ONE of them can be refuted though you are welcome to try.
Kurds are NOT "fanatical Islamists." Apparently you lack knowledge about that incident. Another LIE is that "Reagan armed him." Analysis of his armaments showed that >95% of his arms came from Russia, France, Germany and China. If you are unaware of this undisputed FACT (contrary to the RATmedia LIES) there is a lot of work you need to do.
Saddam had no plans to use his military against us. He was using the terror groups that is why this is a war ON TERROR.
There is not one WORD in transcripts where Gillespie gave Saddam a green light. NOT ONE. All who claim she did infer it by standing on their heads and squinting.
Only after his sons-in-law defected four years after the Gulf War were the weapons found. Why, in God's name, do you believe he could not have hidden others better since he had years to do it? Why would he prefer to give up his power rather than show that he had destroyed them? Why do you seem oblivious to the fact that many of these were binary and activated by mixing? They were not kept around active.
Why did EVERY intelligence agency across the world: France, Germany, UK, Iran, Italy say he did have these weapons? Do you seriously believe a responsible president could just blow them off and risk attacks in our major cities after 9/11 and the anthrax attacks (which came from Iraq I am sure though can't prove it.)