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Politics : DON'T START THE WAR

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To: willcousa who wrote (24431)5/22/2003 9:59:14 AM
From: TigerPaw  Read Replies (3) of 25898
 
The American people may have been lured into accepting the unprovoked invasion of a sovereign nation, in violation of long-standing international law, under false premises," said Byrd, of West Virginia. "It has raised serious questions about prevarication and the reckless use of power."

usatoday.com

The U.S. postwar administration of Iraq is failing, the senator said. "The smiling face of the U.S. as liberator is quickly assuming the scowl of an occupier," Byrd said. "The image of the boot on the throat has replaced the beckoning hand of freedom."

It has become "painfully clear" that Iraq posed no immediate threat, he said. Searches for weapons of mass destruction have "turned up only fertilizer, vacuum cleaners, conventional weapons and the occasional buried swimming pool."
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