Ted Re.. have gone over twice the recent exchange of posts between Ten and myself. I see no statement like the one above.
Was that knowledge alone worth the price we paid? Definitely not, but there were many other benefits of taking out Saddam, a well-known supporter of terrorism and a major source of anti-American sentiment.
There is absolutely no evidence that he was "a well known supporter of terrorism". I can not believe you say it over and over and over again in the hopes that you will convince us and yourself that its true. Its isn't and it never will be.
Thank you for providing the post.
So your argument is that giving money to the families of suicide bombers is an example of a well known supporter of terrorism. I don't agree with that argument. To me supporting terrorism is giving aid to those who commit an act of terrorism and not to their families after the fact.
Hello! Al Qaeda committed the 9/11 act. Therefore, they have been my number one concern.
So, your concerns only seem to include the Dem. concerns, as the Dems see fit; hardly something a president should pattern himself after; especially considering the Dems have gone from owing the presidency, and both houses of congress, to 0 in ten yrs. At the pace you are going, the liberal party will win more seats in 20 yrs.
My concern is to go after the perpetrators of 9/11. What's yours?
Secondly, you dems, really are missing the vision thing, if you can't see a connection between terrorism and Al Qaeda; and why it is important to get rid of all terrorism; and how Iraq fits in that picture.
I don't want us starting wars based on someone's vision or hallucination.
Thirdly, the dems seem to have no idea about the importance of the middle east, and oil, and why it could be devastating if our enemies get control of the big three oil countries. Must be the vision thing again.
Well, at least you're more honest than your brethren.
Sooooooo......how much oil is Iraq producing? They aren't anywhere close to pre war production levels. In fact, they have failed to meet their production goal of 3 million barrels by the end of December.........or did you think the Bush administration was quiet on the subject because they were busy with holiday decorations?
You might also start to ask yourself why Al Qaeda is blowing up Iraqi civilian targets, the UN building, the bomb at Najaf, if they are trying to bomb americans.
Because we are smart enough to protect our asses. Since the change in military policy in November, attacks against Americans have dropped dramatically while attacks against Iraqis have increased dramatically. You do the math.
Al Qaeda certainly sees a danger, in Iraq becoming a democratic state, controlled by the Shias, and is doing everything it can to stop it.
Of course they are.....no one is saying these are good people. That's why I wish we would have gone after them rather than Saddam. Thank you for making my point.
However, that is not the reason that was given by Bush to launch a pre emptive war.
What preemptive war.
Really, I don't have time for such nonsense.
Bush, Powell, Cheney and Rice all said that Saddam was linked to al Qaeda. That link has never been validated. Bush, Powell, Cheney and Rice lied!
First, GW et al only lied, if they knew the CIA reports were false. Secondly,you, and/or the dems, can't even prove yet, they were false. Just because it hasn't been validated yet, doesn't necessarily mean they lied. It just means it hasn't been proven yet. If a person robs a bank, and they never catch the robber, does that mean the bank hasn't been robbed. You do know that several Al Qaeda uppity ups have been captured in Iraq the last several days.
They knew.
In fact, I knew Bush was lying in the fall of 2002. Its no surprise to me there are no WMDs and no al Qaeda links.
There has been a $25 million dollar bounty on OBL and his son for almost three years......and no one has turned him in. You really think that some Wahabi smuck cleric will make a difference in that scenario. Maybe but I doubt it.
So, now you want to call the head Wahhabbi cleric, a smuck cleric.
I have no respect for the religious right of any country.
The recent al Qaeda bombings in Riyadh have forced them to rethink their position
Those bombings were 6 months ago.
There was a more current bombing near the end of Ramadan at the end of November. And there have been a number of threatened bombings since then.
Yeah right. Like CNN, BBC and the NYtimes are less biased. AFAIK NRO has never been accused of playing up a brutal dictator, such as CNN did with Saddam, nor has the NRO ever been accused of telling lies, to try and disgrace, and oust a duly elected president, such as the BBC did.
Unlike the CNN, BBC and the NY Times, I don't ever hear the NRO or FOX admitting they've made a mistake......much like the president......and they've made plenty.......just as the president has. |
