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Where's the Outrage? (Investigate this - Iraq no WMD)
WSJ Opinion Journal ^ | June 15, 2003 | BY JAMES TARANTO

Posted on 06/15/2003 10:05:16 PM PDT by BJungNan

Edited on 04/23/2004 12:05:38 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

"A short conflict that used fewer missiles, sparked fewer oil field fires and created fewer refugees than anticipated produced a lower-than-expected financial cost for the major combat in Iraq," USA Today reports. The U.S. government puts the cost at "just less than the $62.6 billion Congress approved in March as emergency funding for Operation Iraqi Freedom."


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TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: hillaryhype; investigation; iraq; smeshtigation; weapons; wmd

1 posted on 06/15/2003 10:05:16 PM PDT by BJungNan
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To: BJungNan
Investigate these losers:

"[W]e urge you, after consulting with Congress, and consistent with the U.S. Constitution and laws, to take necessary actions (including, if appropriate, air and missile strikes on suspect Iraqi sites) to respond effectively to the threat posed by Iraq's refusal to end its weapons of mass destruction programs." -- From a letter signed by Joe Lieberman, Dianne Feinstein, Barbara A. Milulski, Tom Daschle, & John Kerry among others on October 9, 1998

"Saddam's goal ... is to achieve the lifting of U.N. sanctions while retaining and enhancing Iraq's weapons of mass destruction programs. We cannot, we must not and we will not let him succeed." -- Madeline Albright, 1998

"The last UN weapons inspectors left Iraq in October of 1998. We are confident that Saddam Hussein retained some stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons, and that he has since embarked on a crash course to build up his chemical and biological warfare capability. Intelligence reports also indicate that he is seeking nuclear weapons, but has not yet achieved nuclear capability." -- Robert Byrd, October 2002

"What is at stake is how to answer the potential threat Iraq represents with the risk of proliferation of WMD. Baghdad's regime did use such weapons in the past. Today, a number of evidences may lead to think that, over the past four years, in the absence of international inspectors, this country has continued armament programs." -- Jacques Chirac, October 16, 2002

"The community of nations may see more and more of the very kind of threat Iraq poses now: a rogue state with weapons of mass destruction, ready to use them or provide them to terrorists. If we fail to respond today, Saddam and all those who would follow in his footsteps will be emboldened tomorrow." -- Bill Clinton in 1998

"In the four years since the inspectors left, intelligence reports show that Saddam Hussein has worked to rebuild his chemical and biological weapons stock, his missile delivery capability, and his nuclear program. He has also given aid, comfort, and sanctuary to terrorists, including Al Qaeda members, though there is apparently no evidence of his involvement in the terrible events of September 11, 2001. It is clear, however, that if left unchecked, Saddam Hussein will continue to increase his capacity to wage biological and chemical warfare, and will keep trying to develop nuclear weapons. Should he succeed in that endeavor, he could alter the political and security landscape of the Middle East, which as we know all too well affects American security." -- Hillary Clinton, October 10, 2002

"I am absolutely convinced that there are weapons...I saw evidence back in 1998 when we would see the inspectors being barred from gaining entry into a warehouse for three hours with trucks rolling up and then moving those trucks out." -- Clinton's Secretary of Defense William Cohen in April of 2003

"Iraq is not the only nation in the world to possess weapons of mass destruction, but it is the only nation with a leader who has used them against his own people." -- Tom Daschle in 1998

"I share the administration's goals in dealing with Iraq and its weapons of mass destruction." -- Dick Gephardt in September of 2002

"Iraq does pose a serious threat to the stability of the Persian Gulf and we should organize an international coalition to eliminate his access to weapons of mass destruction. Iraq's search for weapons of mass destruction has proven impossible to completely deter and we should assume that it will continue for as long as Saddam is in power." -- Al Gore, 2002

"We are in possession of what I think to be compelling evidence that Saddam Hussein has, and has had for a number of years, a developing capacity for the production and storage of weapons of mass destruction." -- Bob Graham, December 2002

"We have known for many years that Saddam Hussein is seeking and developing weapons of mass destruction." -- Ted Kennedy, September 27, 2002

"As a member of the House Intelligence Committee, I am keenly aware that the proliferation of chemical and biological weapons is an issue of grave importance to all nations. Saddam Hussein has been engaged in the development of weapons of mass destruction technology which is a threat to countries in the region and he has made a mockery of the weapons inspection process." -- Nancy Pelosi, December 16, 1998

"Even today, Iraq is not nearly disarmed. Based on highly credible intelligence, UNSCOM [the U.N. weapons inspectors] suspects that Iraq still has biological agents like anthrax, botulinum toxin, and clostridium perfringens in sufficient quantity to fill several dozen bombs and ballistic missile warheads, as well as the means to continue manufacturing these deadly agents. Iraq probably retains several tons of the highly toxic VX substance, as well as sarin nerve gas and mustard gas. This agent is stored in artillery shells, bombs, and ballistic missile warheads. And Iraq retains significant dual-use industrial infrastructure that can be used to rapidly reconstitute large-scale chemical weapons production." -- Ex-Un Weapons Inspector Scott Ritter in 1998
2 posted on 06/15/2003 10:34:17 PM PDT by South40
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To: South40
Nothing like being on record; makes my heart go pitterpat!
3 posted on 06/15/2003 11:03:06 PM PDT by Atchafalaya
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To: South40
Good selection of Dem quotes. We need to post this every time we see and post an article about the Dems questioning Iraq's WMD.
4 posted on 06/15/2003 11:31:07 PM PDT by FairOpinion
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To: nutmeg
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5 posted on 06/15/2003 11:32:12 PM PDT by nutmeg
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To: BJungNan
Good editorial.

Exactly. Why isn't the anti-Iraq war crowd being held responsible for their lies leading up to the war with Iraq for all their doomsday predictions?
6 posted on 06/15/2003 11:32:47 PM PDT by FairOpinion
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To: FairOpinion
Exactly. Why isn't the anti-Iraq war crowd being held responsible for their lies leading up to the war with Iraq for all their doomsday predictions?

Some of us, on the record, never believed he had them to begin with. Rather than trying to get other's to explain their "lies", why don't you neoconmen try coming clean? It'll do your soul good! Good grief, you're to a point where you need to cheapen the word "lie". How low will you go? Blackbird.

7 posted on 06/16/2003 12:37:26 AM PDT by BlackbirdSST
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To: FairOpinion
Exactly. Why isn't the anti-Iraq war crowd being held responsible for their lies leading up to the war with Iraq for all their doomsday predictions?

Some of us, on the record, never believed he had them to begin with. Rather than trying to get other's to explain their "lies", why don't you neoconmen try coming clean? It'll do your soul good! Good grief, you're to a point where you need to cheapen the word "lie". How low will you go? Blackbird.

8 posted on 06/16/2003 12:38:36 AM PDT by BlackbirdSST
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To: All
-Weapons of Mass Destruction ( or Distorsion or Deception? You decide...)--
9 posted on 06/16/2003 1:37:00 AM PDT by backhoe
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To: South40
This investigation is an effing farce put on by the democrats. It will go nowhere politically though and it will backfire when its time to drag out the "unpatriotic" card again.

The thing is that this could be used to find out how we can improve our intelligence, yet the democrats will end up sounding, truth be known, that they supported Saddam Hussein.

10 posted on 06/16/2003 1:38:28 AM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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To: South40
Great data for the record!
11 posted on 06/16/2003 2:00:32 AM PDT by lainde
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To: BJungNan
The American people deserve nothing less than a full congressional investigation into the false claims of antiwar politicians, scholars, journalists and activists. If they lied to us about Iraq, how can we ever trust them to talk us out of future wars?

Great ending!

12 posted on 06/16/2003 5:07:43 AM PDT by Susannah (Over 200 people murdered in L. A.County-first 5 mos. of 2003 & NONE were fighting Iraq!!)
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To: Susannah
It is a great ending and all the rest of it is good to.

I read this nearly every day. I saw it featured at gogov.com a few years ago and been reading it pretty steady ever since.

To me it is one of the best regular columns on the net and I rarely see it posted to FR. Anyhow, yes, this ending said it all.
13 posted on 06/16/2003 7:21:34 PM PDT by BJungNan
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To: BJungNan; Molly Pitcher
Priceless!!!! I lovge it !!!!
14 posted on 06/17/2003 8:47:08 AM PDT by The Raven (The power-hungry's most dangerous weapon is deceit)
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