Horse shit. British intelligence and many other nations were convinced Saddam had WMD's because he DID have them and used them on people. Saddam didn't help his own case by constantly telling people had had more. Even many of his generals believed Iraq had WMDs.
On Dec 23, 11:27 am, Mark <[email protected]> wrote: > There was/is no need for hindsight. The reports handed to Bush that > were originated by foreign sources were all identified as "bad intel", > Bush chose to call those nations liars and go ahead any way---- > quoting them as sources. Why do you think they did not join in and or > allow Iraq bound resources to use their bases ?? > > are you really that dense ?? > > > > > > On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 9:55 AM, jgg1000a <[email protected]> wrote: > > > That was one reason given to remove Saddam... And I grant that that > > was based on fault intel... As our Intel has been faulty for 30+ > > years, is that a reason to require 20/20 hindsight to validate ALL > > reasons given... BTW, I suspect the faulty intel and the compromised > > intel services (Ames who gave Plame name to the Soviets in the 90's) > > was one core reason why the Russian military did not freak out during > > the collapse of the USSR, they knew what we would and would not do... > > > On Dec 22, 10:14 pm, studio <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Dec 22, 5:49 pm, lef <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > I don't know where you get all your urban myths. I think when people > >> > say that Saddam had no wmd they mean Saddam had no such wmd as > >> > described by Colin Powell to the security council, wich was the > >> > official reason to invade Iraq. > > >> Specifically, Bush Jr., in a SOTU address told Congress and the > >> American people > >> that Saddam was developing a nuclear capability and delivery systems > >> that would > >> directly effect US soil. > > >> No such things were ever found. > > >> The neo-cons minions continue to speculate that nuclear materials were > >> shipped > >> out of Iraq before the US led invasion, despite having absolutely no > >> proof of such > >> a move. > > -- > Mark M. Kahle > Blessed are the bewildered for they don't know the difference.... Me- Hide > quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
