Live Thread II: State of the Union Address - Starting Now

[azGOPgal]

The only possible explanation for the weapons is to dominate, ?, or attack.

[alaskanfan]

Good one!

[Letitring]

oh man, if that isn't a campaign poster for the Republicans, I've never seen one. Those jerks truly hate America.

[MadIvan]

I don't pay any more attention to the Mirror than you do, say, the LA Times or the Washington Post. You KNOW it's going to be left wing propaganda.

Regards, Ivan

[NormsRevenge]

Washington State Gov. Gary Locke is doing the demRat rebuttal

[cajungirl]

Mulder,,,have another scotch and cool off dear.

[Balata]

It's easy to catch up on the posts when you don't hit Refresh. ;^)

[Darlin']

He is explaiing it... you can hear a pin drop in that chamber right now.

[Brytani]

He just said it, Saddam is mixed up with Al Quada!!!!!!!!!!

[William McKinley]

Right. The smoking guns aren't what we found, but what he has not shown.

The onus never was on us, but on him.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

The only posible use Iraq could have for those weapons is to dominate, intimidate..or attack." He's spacing his words, carefully and forcefully telling the whole VLWC where to stuff it if they don't get on board and help defend our nation.

[eabinga]

A BRUTAL DICTATOR WITH A
HISTORY OF RECKLESS AGGRESSION
WITH TIES TO TERRORISM, WITH
GREAT POTENTIAL WEALTH WILL NOT
BE PERMITTED TO DOMINATE A
VITAL REGION AND THREATEN THE
UNITED STATES.
12 YEARS AGO, SADDAM HUSSEIN
FACED THE PROSPECT OF BEING THE
LAST CASUALTY IN A WAR HE HAD
STARTED AND LOST.
TO SPARE HIMSELF, HE AGREED TO
DISARM OF ALL WEAPONS OF MASS
DESTRUCTION.
FOR THE NEXT 12 YEARS, HE
SYSTEMATICALLY VIOLATED THAT
AGREEMENT.
HE PURSUED CHEMICAL,
BIOLOGICAL, AND NUCLEAR WEAPONS
EVEN WHILE INSPECTORS WERE IN
HIS COUNTRY.
NOTHING TO DATE HAS RESTRAINED
HIM FROM HIS PURSUIT OF THESE
WEAPONS, NOT ECONOMIC
SANCTIONS, NOT ISOLATION FROM
THE CIVILIZED WORLD, NOT EVEN
CRUISE MISSILE STRIKES ON HIS
MILITARY FACILITIES.
ALMOST THREE MONTHS AGO, THE
UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL
GAVE SADDAM HUSSEIN HIS FINAL
CHANCE TO DISARM.
HE HAS SHOWN, INSTEAD, UTTER
CONTEMPT FOR THE UNITED NATIONS
AND FOR THE OPINION OF THE
WORLD.
THE 108 U.N. INSPECTORS WERE
SENT TO CONDUCT -- WERE NOT
SENT TO CONDUCT A SCAVENGER
HUNT FOR HIDDEN MATERIALS
ACROSS A COUNTRY THE EYES
CALIFORNIA -- THE SIZE OF
CALIFORNIA.
THE JOB OF THE INSPECTORS IS TO
VERIFY THAT IRAQ'S REGIME IS
DISARMING.
IT IS UP TO IRAQ TO SHOW
EXACTLY WHERE IT IS HIDING ITS
BANNED WEAPONS, LAY THOSE
WEAPONS OUT FOR THE WORLD TO
SEE, AND DESTROY THEM AS
DIRECTED.
NOTHING LIKE THIS HAS HAPPENED.
THE UNITED NATIONS CONCLUDED IN
1999 THAT SADDAM HUSSEIN HAD
BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS SUFFICIENT
TO PRODUCE OVER 25,000 LITTERS
OF ANTHRAX -- LITRES OF
ANTHRAX, ENOUGH DOSES TO KILL
SEVERAL MILLION PEOPLE.
HE HASN'T ACCOUNTED FOR THAT
MATERIAL.
HE'S GIVEN NO EVIDENCE THAT
HE'S DESTROYED IT.
THE UNITED NATIONS CONCLUDED
THAT SADDAM HUSSEIN HAD
MATERIALS SUFFICIENT TO PRODUCE
MORE THAN 38,000 LIDRES OF
BOTULIN TOXIN, ENOUGH TO
SUBJECT MILLIONS OF PEOPLE TO
DEATH BY RESPIRATORY FAILURE.
HE HASN'T ACCOUNTED FOR THAT
MATERIAL.
HE'S GIVEN NO EVIDENCE THAT
HE'S DESTROYED IT.
OUR INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS
ESTIMATE THAT SADDAM HUSSEIN
HAD THE MATERIALS TO PRODUCE AS
MUCH AS 500 TONS OF SERIN,
MUSTARD, AND V.X. NERVE AGENT.
IN SUCH QUANTITIES, THESE
CHEMICAL AGENTS COULD ALSO KILL
UNTOLD THOUSANDS.
HE'S NOT ACCOUNTED FOR THESE
MATERIALS.
HE'S GIVEN NO EVIDENCE THAT HE
HAS DESTROYED THEM.
U.S. INTELLIGENCE INDICATES
THAT SADDAM HUSSEIN HAD UPWARDS
OF 30,000 MUNITIONS CAPABLE OF
DELIVERING CHEMICAL AGENTS.
INSPECTORS RECENTLY TURNED UP
16 OF THEM, DESPITE IRAQ'S
RECENT DECLARATION DENYING
THEIR EXISTENCE.
SADDAM HUSSEIN HAS NOT
ACCOUNTED FOR THE REMAINING
29,984 OF THESE PROHIBITED
MUNITIONS.
HE'S GIVEN NO EVIDENCE THAT HE
HAS DESTROYED THEM.
FROM THREE IRAQI DEFECTORS, WE
KNOW THAT IRAQ IN THE LATE
1990'S HAD SEVERAL MOBILE
BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS LABS.
THESE ARE DESIGNED TO PRODUCE
GERM WARFARE AGENTS AND CAN BE
MOVED FROM PLACE TO PLACE TO
EVADE INSPECTORS.
SADDAM HUSSEIN HAS NOT
DISCLOSED THESE FACILITIES.
HE'S GIVEN NO EVIDENCE THAT HE
HAS DESTROYED THEM.
THE INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY
AGENCY CONFIRMED IN THE 1990'S
THAT SADDAM HUSSEIN HAD AN
ADVANCED NUCLEAR WEAPONS
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, HAD A
DESIGN FOR A NUCLEAR WEAPON,
AND WAS WORKING ON FIVE
DIFFERENT METHODS OF ENRICHING
URANIUM FOR A BOMB.
THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT HAS
LEARNED THAT SADDAM HUSSEIN
RECENTLY SOUGHT SIGNIFICANT
QUANTITIES OF URANIUM FROM
AFRICA.
OUR INTELLIGENCE SOURCES TELL
US THAT HE'S ATTEMPTED TO
PURCHASE HIGH-STRENGTH ALUMINUM
TUBES SUITABLE FOR NUCLEAR
WEAPONS PRODUCTION.
SADDAM HUSSEIN HAS NOT CREDIBLY
EXPLAINED THESE ACTIVITIES.
HE CLEARLY HAS MUCH TO HIDE.
THE DICTATOR OF IRAQ IS NOT
DISARMING.
TO THE CONTRARY, HE IS
DECEIVING.
FROM INTELLIGENCE SOURCES WE
KNOW, FOR INSTANCE, THAT
THOUSANDS OF IRAQI SECURITY
PERSONNEL ARE AT WORK HIDING
DOCUMENTS AND MATERIALS FROM
THE U.N. INSPECTORS, SANITIZING
INSPECTION SITES AND MONITORING
THE INSPECTORS THEMSELVES.
IRAQI OFFICIALS ACCOMPANIED THE
INSPECTORS IN ORDER TO
INTIMIDATE WITNESSES.
IRAQ IS BLOCKING U-2
SURVEILLANCE FLIGHTS REQUESTED
BY THE UNITED NATIONS.
IRAQI INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS ARE
POSING AS THE SCIENTISTS
INSPECTORS ARE SUPPOSED TO
INTERVIEW.
REAL SCIENTISTS HAVE BEEN
COACHED BY IRAQI OFFICIALS ON
WHAT TO SAY.
INTELLIGENCE SOURCES INDICATE
THAT SADDAM HUSSEIN HAS ORDERED
THAT SCIENTISTS WHO COOPERATE
WITH U.N. INSPECTORS IN
DISARMING IRAQ WILL BE KILLED
ALONG WITH THEIR FAMILIES.
YEAR AFTER YEAR, SADDAM HUSSEIN
HAS GONE TO ELABORATE LENGTHS,
SPENT ENORMOUS SUMS, TAKEN
GREAT RISKS TO BUILD AND KEEP
WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION.
BUT WHY?
THE ONLY POSSIBLE EXPLANATION,
THE ONLY POSSIBLE USE HE COULD
HAVE FOR THOSE WEAPONS IS TO
DOMINATE, INTIMIDATE, OR ATTACK.
WITH NUCLEAR ARMS OR A FULL
ARSENAL OF CHEMICAL AND
BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS, SADDAM
HUSSEIN COULD RESUME HIS
AMBITIONS OF CONQUEST IN THE
MIDDLE EAST AND CREATE DEADLY
HAVOC IN THAT REGION.
AND THIS CONGRESS AND THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE MUST RECOGNIZE
ANOTHER THREAT.
EVIDENCE FROM INTELLIGENCE
SOURCES, SECRET COMMUNICATIONS,
AND STATEMENTS BY PEOPLE NOW IN
CUSTODY REVEAL THAT SADDAM
HUSSEIN AIDS AND PROTECTS
TERRORISTS, INCLUDING MEMBERS
OF AL QAEDA.

[Optimist]

demon response - soem lesser known (at least to me) governor.
looks like the front line didnt want to go up against W

[Hoverbug]

Tie in!!! TIE IN TO TERRORISTS!!!!!!!!!

[Sungirl]

There we go....Saddam will be able to 'dominate, intimidate and attack'...having all those weapons. This is what we need to hear more of...REASONS why we need to stop Saddam....any threats, etc.

[Wordsmith]

I was speaking of his early mention of "a chance to impact a disease that threatens millions", in the first paragraph of the speech.

[Slyfox]

I bet Hillary gets it next year.

[OneLoyalAmerican]

Saddam aids and comforts terrorists, although FReepers knew that already.

[RAT Patrol]

He aids and assists terrorists. Chemical weapons, lethal...something...and shadowy terrorists are not easily contained.

[Ciexyz]

Mr. Cheney, looking sober and determined.