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Politics : Piffer Thread on Political Rantings and Ravings -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: gamesmistress who wrote (12301)	1/21/2004 9:11:36 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Respond to of 14610

He replied: "Yes there is. Even if they're not actually filled and deployed today, the capability exists to get them filled and deployed within a matter of days and weeks. So yes, there is a threat." This is the Dr. Kelly who Tony Blair apparently got in so much trouble about? And the BBC failed to find these comments by him "newsworthy"?? Something smells rather rancid here... Did the BBC voluntarily turn itself into some form of Iraqi propaganda agency, attempting to singularly bring down the Blair administration? But here's something else of interest regarding Iraq's weapons.. And I'm waiting for the opposition research folks for Bush to take him to task over it, should he win the nomination. "I will be voting to give the President of the United States the authority to use force-if necessary-to disarm Saddam Hussein because I believe that a deadly arssenal of weapons of mass destruction in his hands is a real and grave threat to our security." Sen John F Kerry (D MA) Oct 9, 2002 And I recall reading something this morning where Nancy Pelosi was apparently quoting as having said, in 1998, that Saddam posed an imminent threat then, that justified the use of force by Clinton... I really don't mind if people are anti-war, or have a moral objection to what Bush did. But I REALLY DESPISE those who would play politics with the lives of our soldiers in Iraq. So long as this nation presents a divided face to what must still be done in Iraq, it rather difficult to convince other nations to show the spine to get involved.. But I do make some notable exceptions, France, Germany, and Russia being amongst those... They have an obligation, as major powers, to be involved in the rebuilding of Iraq. Edit: Here's Pelosi's comments about Iraq in 1998.. I wonder what changed her mind after 5 years of no inspections and continued non-cooperation by Saddam's regime? "Saddam Hussein has been engaged in the development of weapons of mass destruction technology which is a threat to countries in the region and he has made a mockery of the weapons inspection process." Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D, CA), Dec. 16, 1998 Hawk