WHy do we keep going around and around on the WMD issue?

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Lifer
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Originally posted by: Riprorin
Just because they haven't been found obviously doesn't mean they don't exist.

Just because we thought he had them doesn't mean they exist.
 

dahunan

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BTW, this war really should not be seen as political consequences.. It will have consequences for all of America.


Just because our soldiers did the killing does not mean that survivors of this war will only hold a grudge on them.. they will hold a grudge against all Americans.
 

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Originally posted by: dahunan
BTW, this war really should not be seen as political consequences.. It will have consequences for all of America.


Just because our soldiers did the killing does not mean that survivors of this war will only hold a grudge on them.. they will hold a grudge against all Americans.
I'm sure a lot of you are hoping for just that but you're going to be sorely disappointed, yet again.
 

Spencer278

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Originally posted by: Riprorin
Originally posted by: Spencer278
Originally posted by: Riprorin
Originally posted by: Spencer278
Originally posted by: Riprorin
Originally posted by: Spencer278
What if we had done nothing and Islamic nut jobs had gotten WMDs and used them against us. How would you be responding to President Bush then?

What has bush done to ensure that an "Islamic nut job" can't get the WMD that you are so sure are/were in Iraq?

My point is that just because we haven't found them doesn't mean they don't or didn't exist. Do you disagree with that?

Lets say I agree but what has bush done to ensure that an "Islamic nut job" can't get his hands on a WMD and use it against use.

We are continuing to look for them. Iraq is a large country, if they are buried in the desert or in a tanker trucks someplace, they could be awfully hard to find.

So essetial we have done nothing.

They are probably a lot harder to use if they are buried in the desert. Sadam's not carrying out any mischief like starting wars with his neighbors, lobbing bombs at Israel, gassing, raping, murdering, and torturing his own people, or invading soverign nations anymore, is he?


When was the last time saddam had tried anything own your little list of Saddam = Bad? I thought this was about WMD not what Saddam has done.

How are we safer now that we don't have a clue who has your beloved WMD.
 

Riprorin

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"Gazi George, a former Iraqi nuclear scientist under Saddam's regime, told Fox News he believes many similar weapons stockpiled by the former regime were either buried underground or transported to Syria. He noted that the airport where the device was detonated is on the way to Baghdad from the Syrian border.

George said the finding likely will be the first in a series of discoveries of such weapons.

"Saddam is the type who will not store those materials in a military warehouse. He's gonna store them either underground, or, as I said, lots of them have gone west to Syria and are being brought back with the insurgencies," George told Fox News. "It is difficult to look in areas that are not obvious to the military's eyes."
 

Jhhnn

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Let me put that in english, Riprorin-

"Gazi George... told Fox News that he believes the American public is the biggest bunch of chumps on the face of the Planet. They'll believe anything, just so long as it's what they wanted to hear in the first place... Even the most rank speculation is greeted with enthusiasm, the most unlikely tales imaginable treated as Gospel... just so long as it fits in with their irrational belief in GWB."

It's a whole different kind of Faith-based initiative, made possible by 30 years of mind numbing brain softening jingoistic drivel from reactionary thinktanks and a compliant media... It's like televangelism- a few guys get rich and powerful, their victims get the satisfaction of believing they've achieved eternal salvation- true believers, lockstepping as one into that bright and beautiful vision, where they too will be rich and powerful, if only they work and believe hard enough.... He must be telling the truth- he's so handsome, so sincere, so down-home, makes us feel so good...

There's a fine line between faith and delusion, particularly hard to recognize from the wrong side... When your only source is unemployed Iraqi scientists who depend on handouts from the bush Admin for survival, it's time to examine your own motives and methods. Do you want to speak the truth or support the Prez? If the idea that those two concepts might be mutually incompatible hasn't entered your mind, then we're talking about denial, all over again.