[Trapped Behind Enemy Lines]

The last thing the MSM would ever want to admit was that GWB was ever right about anything or that BHO was ever wrong about anything.

[caligatrux]

The uranium operation caused us, as usual, to rent trucks from the surrounding tribes with comprehensive war-loss insurance (meaning if a truck got blown up then the owner took the loss).

This in turn caused the tribes to look outwards on the convoy movements to protect their expensive tractor trailers instead of inwards—searching for a chance to attack.

Capitalism wins again.

[DoughtyOne]

So the cooler heads did prevail.

I have criticized Bush on a number of issues. I have never criticized him for his actions in Iraq. Hussein was a blustering fool, capable of doing just about anything.

Thank heaven that yellow-cake no longer remains in Iraq.

[boycott]

I believe our intelligence community had no problems throwing Bush under a bus.

I believe most in the FBI, CIA, NSA, etc. lean more democrat. They benefit from bigger government. They’re part of it. It’s in their self-interest.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Why the world did not know about WMD in Iraq

They stuck their fingers in their ears and sang, "Lalalalala I can't hear you! Lalalalalalala.."?

About the only way you could not know about it.

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

” The uranium operation caused us, as usual, to rent trucks from the surrounding tribes with comprehensive war-loss insurance (meaning if a truck got blown up then the owner took the loss).”

This makes no sense to me and it one of those odd sentences that frankly calls the premise and thus the conclusion of the article into question. Unless I am completely misunderstanding it.

If the (Iraqi) owner of a truck or trailer takes the loss (of a destroyed truck/trailer) there IS NO insurance. So...(the article says) the owners of the trucks sought to “look out for”, or even “defend against” Al Queda attacks.....? Really? You mean, if elements of Al Queda found an Iraqi helping US forces with his truck(s) they wouldn’t blow his brains out? So...he’d do that for some money, right? And some tribal dude is going to venture away from his ‘hood and keep watch over his truck?

And further...if WMDs were found, and clearly some were and some weren’t, why not spread disinformation as to WHERE they were found and thus use them as potential “bait” to lure terrorists interesting in grabbing them from a false location? Wouldn’t *you* do that if you found something you didn’t want to fall into the hands of people you were otherwise eagerly trying to kill?

Sorry, smells funny.

[donna]

Yet President Bush and his advisors chose to protect the troops and the mission rather than score political points back on the war’s second front, the American body politic.

It doesn't make any sense.

Why wouldn't Pres. Bush tell the public the story after the mission was competed?

I think the new-world-order elites, like the Bushes, don't believe it is any of our business and if they need our votes they can always threaten us with the "greater evil candidate" at election time. It always works.

[exnavy]

It was “classified” as well. No one was at liberty to talk freely about classified information.

[5th MEB]

Any body who thought, claims, or still believes there were no WMDs in Iraq is either very stupid or has an agenda of their own.
Hear that you Dem/prog/libs; you stupid bastards!

[Skooz]

bfl

[Vermont Lt]

My disagreement with the invasion was that we would get bogged down in the region and destabilize it. Saddam was a bad guy, there is no doubt about that. But he was in control. This stuff was going nowhere unless there was a power vacuum in the region.

There was no impending threat from them. The entire invasion was to put off Iran—they are the real problem. And now, Obama will let them get the bomb.

I am glad they found the WMD. But I am not sure it was worth the sh”t storm that was taken over Iraq and the entire area. Had we not invaded, my guess is that Egypt and Syria would have remained at the status quo.

But this is almost irrelevant. We are where we are. And it is more dangerous than ever. And Obama only makes it more dangerous.

[TigersEye]

• Wikileaks documents show WMDs found in Iraq
• Report: Hundreds of WMDs Found in Iraq
• WMDs Found in Iraq Human Events
• Saddam talked of WMD attack in U.S.
• Saddam's WMD have been found
• Saddam's WMD Moved to Syria, An Israeli Says
• Saddam general: WMDs in Syria
• Deadly chemicals are found dumped in river
• Evidence of WMDs in Iraq - Annonymous Freeper in Iraq
• Cyanide Salt Block Found in Iraq
• MSNBC - Cyanide & Mustard Agents Found in Euphrates River
• EUPHRATES 'POISONED'
• Iraq's nuclear weapons program.
• Iraq's biological weapons program.
• Iraq's chemical weapons program.

[ADemocratNoMore]

I posted something similar several years ago. First, the sites become prime targets of the jihadies and tie up personal guarding each weapons cache, furthermore, shipping the weapons out of theater makes each convey a prime target. If I recall, it cost about a quarter billion dollars to build the incinerator at Dugway to dispose of our chemical weapons and every lawyer on the planet would be suing us up the wazoo as soon as one of Abdul’s goats died. Finally, we may have used the bait of wmd caches as honeypots to lure jihadies to their 72 raisins and kept the fact secret, (as it should be) so as not to give away any tips to the enemy on operational methods. Bush lied - of course he did and our enemy's were none the wiser because he did.

[justa-hairyape]

That explanation seems to be logically sound. And note how this author did not get fooled by the ISIS was kicked out of All Qeada because they were too violent claptrap. ISIS is Al Qeada. And that Obama lie has been exposed because now ISIS and Al Qeada have magically joined forces. Nothing but newspeak comes out of DC.

[VTenigma]

I read a lot about Al Tuwatha at the time, it seemed like it qualified as WMD to me. The place was plundered by the surrounding natives and god knows who else before troops secured the area. Troops found people in the surrounding area with a lot of “hot” items, containers and barrels and the like using them for every day things like hauling water. The speculation was a bit of nuclear material was spirited away also. Then suddenly the reports ended just about the time the “no WMD” meme started to get traction.

[JimRed]

The “world” DID know about the WMDs. Several different intelligence agencies had the same info. The lying media constructed the “no WMD” stories.