But not all the statements coming from the Bush administration have been supported by evidence, and some that haven't are central to the question of whether Americans should go to war.
The overarching claim, that Iraq possesses weapons of mass destruction, may have the weight of probability behind it, but it has yet to be backed by proof shared with the public.
Behind that is a cast of supporting allegations, some veering off into murky territory.
Human rights monitors, for example, say it is news to them that when Iraqi soldiers captured by Iran in the 1980s returned from that war, President Saddam Hussein ordered their ears cut off, as the Pentagon stated.
When President Bush flatly asserted about Saddam, "He possesses the most deadly arms of our age," he seemed to ignore the consensus that Iraq does not have the weapons of Armageddon -- nuclear ones -- however actively it may be pursuing them.
The Bush administration is shoveling propaganda down the american public's throat. His reasons for war are not based on fact. Iraq does not have wmd, does not want to wage war, does not want to fight us. That's pretty straightforward and simple. And no, I don't believe Saddam, which is why I'm glad there are trustworthy people who are there confirming what everyone already knows, that saddam has no wmds. Now the only thing a UN inspector has to fear is being shot by an Israeli. |
