News Flash: No Wmd In Iraq

[Lawrence of Arabia]

Thats right, its just been discovered that there were no WMD in Iraq

Here are some other things which have been discovered

1. saddam posed no immediate threat to the USA
2. saddam had no WMD program
3. saddam had no contact with Al Qaeda
4. the only mobile weapon labs in Iraq would be the McDonalds Kitchens
5. keep on adding

[Dis]

old news

[St Leo]

Very old news. The UN inspectors established that there were no WMD in Iraq before the war even started.

[Lawrence of Arabia]

really? i dont think ned has realized yet . . . nor has the GOP or bush or kerry (was he anti war?)

[PLATO]

Re: News Flash: No Wmd In Iraq

Originally posted by Lawrence of Arabia
Thats right, its just been discovered that there were no WMD in Iraq

Here are some other things which have been discovered

1. saddam posed no immediate threat to the USA
2. saddam had no WMD program
3. saddam had no contact with Al Qaeda
4. the only mobile weapon labs in Iraq would be the McDonalds Kitchens
5. keep on adding

Interesting...Of course none of these had anything to do with the war, but interesting that some still think so.

[Boris Godunov]

Re: Re: News Flash: No Wmd In Iraq

Originally posted by PLATO
Interesting...Of course none of these had anything to do with the war, but interesting that some still think so.

Erm, please explain Mr. Powell's presentation to the UN, then. Or Mr. Bush's State of the Union address. Or the countless times Rumsfeld, Cheney, Rice, etc. went on the talkshow circuit and claimed that the war was precisely about all these things.

[Ted Striker]

Re: Re: Re: News Flash: No Wmd In Iraq

Originally posted by Boris Godunov


Erm, please explain Mr. Powell's presentation to the UN, then. Or Mr. Bush's State of the Union address. Or the countless times Rumsfeld, Cheney, Rice, etc. went on the talkshow circuit and claimed that the war was precisely about all these things.

[Lawrence of Arabia]

Interesting...Of course none of these had anything to do with the war, but interesting that some still think so.

really? so then what were the reasons for war, if it wasnt any of those? interesting that some in america are so blind to the obvious.

[DRoseDARs]

Re: Re: News Flash: No Wmd In Iraq

Originally posted by PLATO


Interesting...Of course none of these had anything to do with the war, but interesting that some still think so.

Wow. Disconnect from reality and any sense of recent history much?

[Boris Godunov]

I'm a bit disappointed. PLATO was, once, one of the reasonable folks who seemed to be grounded in reality. Now it's as if he's drunk the kool-aid... :sad:

[DRoseDARs]

Good God, PLATO's statement is one you only read about from other people coming across in their lives but never actually expect to encounter yourself.

But then, of course, there's Ned. And Fez.

[MrFun]

Re: Re: News Flash: No Wmd In Iraq

Originally posted by PLATO


Interesting...Of course none of these had anything to do with the war, but interesting that some still think so.

How come you never share whatever it is that you're smoking??

[PLATO]

Originally posted by Boris Godunov
I'm a bit disappointed. PLATO was, once, one of the reasonable folks who seemed to be grounded in reality. Now it's as if he's drunk the kool-aid... :sad:

Okay. Glad you asked.

The war in Iraq was about two things:

1.) Political power (on a nation-state level), and
2.) Reshaping the face of the Middle East ( in the end analysis, #2 is the same as #1)

So, why does everybody think that it was about the "immediate" threat, WMD's, and Al-Qaeda? Simple really.

The WMD issue was the only one that had international standing. The US had to try to force the UNSC's hand in order to get tacit legal cover for an invasion. 1441 accomplished this. The fact that they were unable to obtain a follow-up resolution speaks to the lack of real hard evidence of WMD. BUT, 1441 gave us the cover we needed along with the nebulous intelligence.

The "immediate" threat issue and the al-Qaeda ties were also very dubious intelligence that was used to rally an American public that needs a reason to send their kids to war. In the shadow of 911, this was a great rallying cry.

However, to say that these are the real reasons that we went to war is what is really akin to being on the kool-aid.

Still dissapointed?

[MrFun]

Originally posted by PLATO



Still dissapointed?

I'm always disappointed with you.

[PLATO]

Originally posted by DRoseDARs
Good God, PLATO's statement is one you only read about from other people coming across in their lives but never actually expect to encounter yourself.

But then, of course, there's Ned. And Fez.

OMG!! Not Ned and Fez!! Noooooooooooooo.....