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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Doug R who wrote (428106)	7/16/2003 7:57:40 PM
From: DavesM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

I do believe that there was no alternative. What was left try? During the 90's the Clinton Administration tried: Soft Sanctions, which didn't work. Hard Sanctions, which didn't work. Air and Naval blockades, which didn't work. Trying to find, support and aid Iraqi Opposition, didn't work. Passing a law, making the policy of removing of Saddam, U.S. Federal Law - didn't work. Threats of invasion (with troops actually onboard ships heading to the Middle East), didn't work. And Large scale bombing campaigns, which didn't work.

To: Doug R who wrote (428106)	7/16/2003 8:15:31 PM
From: Sully-	Respond to of 769670

I like how you folks make up lies & then use those lies to lay blame with Bush about things he never did or said. It speaks so much to your complete lack of credibility & how desperate you folks really are. Bush NEVER said there was "NO ALTERNATIVE" to Congress or the American people when making his case about Iraq. He ALWAYS gave Iraq the opportunity to comply immediately with UN Resolution 1441 or have Saddam's regime removed.

To: Doug R who wrote (428106)	7/16/2003 8:50:55 PM
From: Sully-	Respond to of 769670

US weapons adviser confident of finding Iraqi arms famulus.msnbc.com. WASHINGTON, July 15 — The head of the Bush administration team charged with finding Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction said on Tuesday he expected to have enough evidence within six months to accomplish his mission. <font size=5>David Kay, a former U.N. chief nuclear weapons inspector, said on ''NBC Nightly News'' that U.S. forces had collected a massive amount of documents that when completely analyzed would prove ousted Iraqi President Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction.<font size=3> Three months after toppling Saddam, the United States and Britain have found no banned weapons. Both countries held out Iraq's weapons program as a major justification for going to war. <font size=4>''You cannot believe how many cases we have of documents and equipment stored in private residences,'' Kay said in an interview in Baghdad. ''I've already seen enough to convince me, but that's not the standard. I've got to have enough evidence to convince everyone of that,'' he said. Asked how long it would take for him to present a convincing case, Kay responded, ''I think we'll have a substantial body of evidence before six months.'' Kay's Iraq Survey Group, which includes dozens of former U.N. weapons inspectors, is sifting through Iraqi documents in search of clues -- from personnel records of laboratory workers to lab results. ''We're finding progress reports, Kay said. ''They actually went to Saddam and said we have made this progress. There are records, audiotapes of those interviews which give us that.'' <font size=5>Kay told NBC the documents also showed workers got financial rewards from Saddam by indicating breakthroughs in the pursuit of weapons of mass destruction. <font size=4> Kay expressed confidence he could make the case against Saddam but conceded his assessment must be solid. ''What worries me is I know if we can't explain the WMD program of Iraq, we lose credibility with regard to other states like Iran, Syria, North Korea,'' he said.