So Clinton signs a bill giving him the right to regime change in Iraq 
and your response is a Senate Intelligence Report from 8 years later.  
Are you claiming that Clinton did not sign the bill he signed?

Mark wrote:
> Here is something reliable and empiracal   senate intelligence report, 
> 2006  http://intelligence.senate.gov/press/record.cfm?id=298775  
> written by republicans while Bush was president.
>
> On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 3:17 PM, dick thompson 
> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>
>     Here's another link, this time from the Democratic Underground
>
>     Mark wrote:
>>
>>
>>     On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 1:45 PM, dick thompson
>>     <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>
>>         It was built by the Germans.  The US was not the big donor to
>>         Iraq during that period.  In fact we were ranked 11th in what
>>         we supplied to them with our supplying less than 1% of their
>>         materiels, less than Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, and on
>>         a level with Luxembourg.  That figure came from Jane's
>>         studies on war materiels and from the UN studies also.
>>
>>      
>>     No, tammuz 1 and 2 wsere built by the french and destroyed by
>>     aircrat fire
>>      
>>     This is a pool type reactor of 500 kW thermal power supplied by
>>     France. The reactor was mainly designed as neutronic mock-up for
>>     Tammuz 1 reactor. [Tammuz 1 was destroyed by air-raid in 1981
>>     prior to operation]. As a result, the role of Tammuz 2 was
>>     changed and it was used for training, neutronic radiography and
>>     for research purposes. The reactor was totally destroyed in the
>>     1991 Gulf War and has been de-fuelled. The expected wastes to be
>>     generated by the decommissioning activities are about 50 tons
>>     solid wastes and 35 m³ of liquid wastes. The same radionuclides
>>     as IRT-5000 are expected to be present in the wastes.
>>      
>>     regardless of who "built" it..... hese people... the SOLE EXPERTS
>>     say it did not exist in 2000
>>     http://www-ns.iaea.org/projects/iraq/tuwaitha/tamuz-2.asp
>>
>>
>>         He used gas on his own people and then was "falsely" accused
>>         of having gas for 25 years?  What in the world does that even
>>         mean.  It is less than 20 years since he used the gas on the
>>         Kurds.   You really need to do some more checking on your
>>         stories.  Way off!!
>>
>>      
>>     20 years...25 years  kinda splitting hairs. what did the ONSITE
>>     UN and US inspectors say. 
>>
>>
>>         As to the story of his WMD's that info was passed on to the
>>         country by a whole slew of Dems from Clinton on down (there
>>         was a list of quotations from over 20 of them right up until
>>         2002 that was passed around on the websites a couple of years
>>         ago).  I don't see you calling them on lying.  They got their
>>         info from the same sources that Bush did.  And he also got
>>         some from our allies as well.
>>
>>      
>>     stories are just that stories..... there was and is no proof.
>>
>>
>>         You also don't seem to have anything to say about Bubba
>>         asking for and getting permission to force a change in
>>         government in Iraq in 1998.  He, as with most things, did
>>         nothing about it but he asked for and got the permission from
>>         Congress.  Why was that?   What made him ask for permission
>>         to force that event.  There must have been some reason for
>>         it.  I realize that it rather goes against the Dem talking
>>         points but it did happen.  After all History did not start in
>>         2001.
>>
>>      
>>     link please.
>>
>>
>>
>>         THE ANNOINTED ONE wrote:
>>>         I didn't think he ahd gas or wmd's or nukes (though I Knew he was
>>>         sitting on a research reactor and a mountain of yellow cake) The
>>>         difference in time from having used and being falsely accused of
>>>         having gas was 25 years.....
>>>
>>>         as far as building that reactor in Iraq... the US supplied and built
>>>         it AND donated the yellow cake as well..... You are right the US is 
>>> a
>>>         danger even to itself.  The only deluded person/people seems to be 
>>> you
>>>         and Gringolandia.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>         On Jul 18, 12:07 pm, Zebnick <[email protected]> 
>>> <mailto:[email protected]> wrote:
>>>           
>>>>>         If there had been WMD, we wouldn't have gone in the way we did.
>>>>>               
>>>>         We thought he had poison gas. Our soldiers were equipped to 
>>>> confront
>>>>         it.
>>>>
>>>>         Everybody thought he had WMDs, mostly because he not only HAD them 
>>>> but
>>>>         because he used them against his enemies.
>>>>
>>>>         Oh and btw, Iraq is not now and never was a nuclear nation state
>>>>
>>>>         Actually, they were. Iraq had completed construction of a nuclear
>>>>         reactor (That makes you a nuclear nation state) but Israel 
>>>> immediately
>>>>         blew it up. (Thank you Israel).
>>>>
>>>>         Some people would say that a leader who builds a nuclear reactor
>>>>         despite worldwide protests and has and uses poison gas on 
>>>> neighboring
>>>>         countries and his own people was a dangerous guy. Other people like
>>>>         deluding themselves.
>>>>
>>>>         On Jul 18, 1:42 pm, Frederick The Moderate
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         <[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected]> 
>>>> wrote:
>>>>             
>>>>>         If there had been WMD, we wouldn't have gone in the way we did. 
>>>>> Large,
>>>>>         tight formations are easy targets and we know that. Not to mention
>>>>>         that we would have sent a least one division to sweep and search 
>>>>> the
>>>>>         area where we "knew" the WMD's were for residual (or any other)
>>>>>         evidence they ever existed. We never did. Not one peek. I'm former
>>>>>         navy intel and i can assure you, even though Bush screwed our 
>>>>> Humint
>>>>>         network fro some time to come, we still would have been able to 
>>>>> find
>>>>>         evidence - if believed it was ever there.
>>>>>         But I get it. You really, really, really want to believe there 
>>>>> were
>>>>>         WMD's there. Okay.
>>>>>               
>>>>>         Oh and btw, Iraq is not now and never was a nuclear nation state 
>>>>> but
>>>>>         again, if you really want to believe it is or was, okay dokey.
>>>>>               
>>>>>         Talk about wanting to believe lies.
>>>>>               
>>>>>         I've lost five friends in Iraq. All of them Psy-Ops and a couple 
>>>>> Force
>>>>>         Recon. They've made it clear for years that Iraq will never 
>>>>> appreciate
>>>>>         what we've done and no matter how long we're there, they'll 
>>>>> regress
>>>>>         shortly after we leave. Two thousand years of culture.
>>>>>         Iraq has already made clear they view US as outsiders and went 
>>>>> out of
>>>>>         the way to spit in Bush's face before he could get out of office. 
>>>>> But
>>>>>         you believe what you want to believe.
>>>>>               
>>>>>         On Jul 18, 7:23 am, jgg1000a <[email protected]> 
>>>>> <mailto:[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>               
>>>>>>>>>         We also had the certainty that there really were no WMD's
>>>>>>>>>                       
>>>>>>         Not true.
>>>>>>                 
>>>>>>>>>         Urban warfare, their commitment to keep fighting people they 
>>>>>>>>> viewed as invaders, and the complete lack of any kind of
>>>>>>>>>                       
>>>>>>         exit strategy, created a no-win situation.
>>>>>>                 
>>>>>>         Once again you show little understanding...   Both AQ and the
>>>>>>         Americans are outsiders...   As is the harsh form of Radical 
>>>>>> Islam...
>>>>>>         As is the lowland Pakistani...   The question here is not 
>>>>>> fighting the
>>>>>>         outsider BUT WHICH OUTSIDER...   The exit strategy?  Stability 
>>>>>> and a
>>>>>>         non Radical Islamic government in a nuclear nation-state...
>>>>>>                 
>>>>>>>>>         I also agree with you on Afghanistan. The Russians border 
>>>>>>>>> them. They had easier access and more troops. No success. Tactics & 
>>>>>>>>> technology have done squat for us. Thus far, we've been successful 
>>>>>>>>> only at blowing up weddings and killing civilians. Lots of them. It's 
>>>>>>>>> a mess
>>>>>>>>>                       
>>>>>>         and a mistake and we should get out.
>>>>>>                 
>>>>>>         Tactics and technology make a huge difference...   As the fact 
>>>>>> the our
>>>>>>         WILLINGNESS and desire to be a long term occupying power is far 
>>>>>> less
>>>>>>         than the Russians or the Pakistanis as makes a difference...   
>>>>>> The
>>>>>>         Russian border aided in supplying their troops but harmed the 
>>>>>> "Soft
>>>>>>         Warfare" in being seen a a long term occupying power...
>>>>>>                 
>>>>>>>>>         The only upside is at least we're actually going after people 
>>>>>>>>> we have truthful cause to go after.
>>>>>>>>>                       
>>>>>>         Once again you proclaim Urban Lies...
>>>>>>                 
>>>>>>         On Jul 18, 3:58 am, Frederick The Moderate
>>>>>>                 
>>>>>>         <[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected]> 
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>                 
>>>>>>>         I agree with you about Iraq. We had so many sanctions on Iraq 
>>>>>>> before
>>>>>>>         invading, they couldn't import dental equipment (because it 
>>>>>>> could
>>>>>>>         possibly be modified for weapons use - go figure). We also had 
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>         certainty that there really were no WMD's. So it was nothing to 
>>>>>>> storm
>>>>>>>         right in. Like you said, cakewalk getting there. It was 
>>>>>>> afterward the
>>>>>>>         problems started. Urban warfare, their commitment to keep 
>>>>>>> fighting
>>>>>>>         people they viewed as invaders, and the complete lack of any 
>>>>>>> kind of
>>>>>>>         exit strategy, created a no-win situation.
>>>>>>>         I also agree with you on Afghanistan. The Russians border them. 
>>>>>>> They
>>>>>>>         had easier access and more troops. No success. Tactics & 
>>>>>>> technology
>>>>>>>         have done squat for us. Thus far, we've been successful only at
>>>>>>>         blowing up weddings and killing civilians. Lots of them. It's a 
>>>>>>> mess
>>>>>>>         and a mistake and we should get out.
>>>>>>>         The only upside is at least we're actually going after people 
>>>>>>> we have
>>>>>>>         truthful cause to go after.
>>>>>>>                   
>>>>>>>         On Jul 17, 11:40 pm, "d.b.baker" <[email protected]> 
>>>>>>> <mailto:[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>                   
>>>>>>>>         Iraq was [almost] a cake walk, compared to what we face in
>>>>>>>>         Afghanistan. Even with enough troops (500,000 +/-), it'll take 
>>>>>>>> a
>>>>>>>>         generation to pacify Afghanistan - a mountainous moonscape the 
>>>>>>>> size of
>>>>>>>>         Texas covered with 70-million ants (nomads, warring tribes - 
>>>>>>>> barefoot,
>>>>>>>>         illiterate villages). There's nothing there to "rebuild," it's 
>>>>>>>> all
>>>>>>>>         from scratch. The people are suspicious of everything, even a 
>>>>>>>> simple,
>>>>>>>>         local hydro-pump to generate electricity.
>>>>>>>>                     
>>>>>>>>         Then there's Pakistan, blood-brother to Afghanistan; we'll 
>>>>>>>> never
>>>>>>>>         subdue one without subduing the other. And by that time we'll 
>>>>>>>> be
>>>>>>>>         broke, no longer a viable nation - which makes the whole surge-
>>>>>>>>         strategy a lethal mistake.- Hide quoted text -
>>>>>>>>                     
>>>>>>         - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text -
>>>>>>                 
>>>>         - Show quoted text -
>>>>             
>>>           
>>
>>
>>         -- 
>>         Mark M. Kahle,  ,
>>         www.filacoffee.com <http://www.filacoffee.com/>
>>
>>
>
>
>     -- 
>     Mark M. Kahle,  ,
>     www.filacoffee.com <http://www.filacoffee.com>
>
>     >

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