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

To: American Spirit who wrote (452506)	9/4/2003 12:29:29 PM
From: sea_biscuit	Respond to of 769670

Bottomline though, since the "imminent threat" of Saddam was a lie to begin with, the invasion turns out to have been mainly a big waste. It doesn't make us safer and costs us an arm and a leg. I think it was Confucius who once said, "Man was feeling bored, so he let loose a bunch of fire-ants on his body!". Looks like that's what we have done to ourselves here...

To: American Spirit who wrote (452506)	9/4/2003 1:08:42 PM
From: Vitas	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

No wonder you are so confused. You have no idea what the issues are. The issue was not "finding" WMD. The issue was whether Saddam could prove to the satisfaction of the U.N. that he had destroyed the WMD which he had. All he had to do is on December 8th, 2002, when he filed his report to the U.N., was provide evidence. He did not comply at that time. In the first week of March, Blix explicitly reported to the U.N. that Saddam had not complied with U.N. 1441 as of that date. Now ask yourself why would Saddam not comply if he really didn't have any WMD? Maybe he was playing hide the missile. He had 4 months to do so. Chile and 3 weeks later is irrelevant. FRANCE said that it would not vote for the second Bush resolution was preparing UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. Get it? France is the one at fault for the diplomatic process failing. There were a series of FACTS involved, in a specific timeline, which led to the decison to invade. This is clear to anyone who wants to pay attention. The invasion is clearly not a waste. Saddam is gone. And no one, expect perhaps you, wants to reinstate him. The rewards will flow back to us many fold, over time, once Iraq establishes democracy. The terrorist activity that has arisen alone proves that the invasion was necessary. Please get your facts right before you libel our President. So far all you have done is show that you cannot function rationally. I am sure that Kerry would be thrilled to know that you enthusiastically endorse him. -lol-