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I remember the run up to the invasion.

I remember distinctly that Iraq was not billed as an imminent nuclear threat. Iraq was painted, accurately, as a clear and present danger. Saddam Hussein's determined attempts over the decades to obtain nuclear weapons was given as evidence of the danger he posed. His possession of biological and chemical WMD's was not doubted, though the size of his stockpiles was questioned. His possession of manufacturing capability was also not doubted, and the means to produce chemical and biological weapons have been found in Iraq. Most of that equipment is dual purpose, but civilian purpose machinery is never scrubbed down to deny any investigative entity to determine its past history of use. The media, more than anybody else, latched onto the nuclear threat and advanced that idea relentlessly.

In other words, the media advanced and promoted the nuclear threat, and purposefully exaggerated the threat. Now they blame the Bush Administration for misleading them and the American people.

I remember distinctly that Iraq was not billed as an imminent nuclear threat. Iraq was painted, accurately, as a clear and present danger. Saddam Hussein's determined attempts over the decades to obtain nuclear weapons was given as evidence of the danger he posed.

Stephanie is using hyperbole to cast the aluminum rod and yellowcake uranium evidence as Bush claiming mushroom clouds would immediately be coming from Iraq. Bush never said that, and nobody truly believes that Saddam would not continue to present a nuclear threat if he remained in power today.

Throwing down this BS is like swatting at flies around the cow chip. Bush, Rove and the RNC need to bury the damn "Bush lied" cow chip, or throw a few more "Clinton lied" and "Kerry lied" chips in until the lying game stinks up America so much it isn't politically productive to play it.

Good analysis. Between the time that Pres.Bush went to the UN and the actual war began, Saddam and his minions (helped by the French, Germans, & Russians) had six months to bury and transport out WMD evidence. Meanwhile WMDs and material to make WMDs have been found in Iraq. Why isn't that acknowledged clearly by the Bush Administration? Why aren't they straightening out the Public on these lies told by the MSM and the Dems. Very confusing, frustrating, sickening.