Posted on 10/24/2002 10:11 PM Mountain by Pokey78
Is President Bush going to war with Iraq based on a false premise, or worse, a lie? That's quite a charge, yet it's the gravamen of what looks like an orchestrated campaign to suggest that it's crazy to believe that Saddam Hussein would ever join arms with al Qaeda.
That implication is showing up in a spate of recent stories quoting "intelligence sources" who are conveniently anonymous. We don't blame the press corps for having sources, though the anonymity does give the leakers the ability to hide their motives. We'll elaborate on what those might be below, but first we'd point to some clear, public evidence of an Iraq-al Qaeda link that the media have overlooked in their fondness for cloak-and-dagger sourcing.
As I was saying, the war on Iraq is part of the war on terrorism.
The war on Iraq is an extension of the Gulf War that needs
to be pursued with UN backing because of that. The war
on terrorism is because of the WTC attacks, the chief
enemies being AQ and Saudi Arabia. There have not
been any links proven between the two. That's why
the WH has been quiet in this regard and is taking the
tack of involving the UN on Iraq while the WOT is
somewhat quiescent.