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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: American Spirit who wrote (69372)	11/3/2005 11:14:10 AM
From: JakeStraw	Respond to of 81568

"Saddam Hussein's regime represents a grave threat to America and our allies, including our vital ally, Israel. For more than two decades, Saddam Hussein has sought weapons of mass destruction through every available means. We know that he has chemical and biological weapons. He has already used them against his neighbors and his own people, and is trying to build more. We know that he is doing everything he can to build nuclear weapons, and we know that each day he gets closer to achieving that goal." -- John Edwards, Oct 10, 2002

To: American Spirit who wrote (69372)	11/3/2005 11:15:05 AM
From: JakeStraw	Respond to of 81568

The community of nations may see more and more of the very kind of threat Iraq poses now: a rogue state with weapons of mass destruction, ready to use them or provide them to terrorists. If we fail to respond today, Saddam and all those who would follow in his footsteps will be emboldened tomorrow." -- Bill Clinton in 1998

To: American Spirit who wrote (69372)	11/3/2005 11:16:47 AM
From: JakeStraw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

"I will be voting to give the president of the United States the authority to use force to disarm Saddam Hussein because I believe that a deadly arsenal of weapons of mass destruction in his hands is a real and grave threat to our security." -- John F. Kerry, Oct 2002

To: American Spirit who wrote (69372)	11/4/2005 10:41:24 AM
From: Dan B.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

"more US casualties now than at almost any time before." Having trouble making sense of that, for obvious reasons, I'd say. You CERTAINLY don't know Saddam's government had nothing to do with Al Qaeda, and plenty of reason to KNOW his folks had met with them. WMD's we know he had, remain unaccounted for...they didn't disappear, and remain a KNOWN mystery. We also know his scientists were busy. Re: "He was taken out of power in a matter of days. He could have been driven into a bunker and kept there like a prisoner." He wasn't captured in a matter of days...having trouble making sense of that, for obvious reasons, I'd say. Re: "There was no need to invade Iraq especially in the rushed way we did without a plan or a real reason." I believe we waited too long to liberate Iraq from Saddam. The reasons were obvious and believed the world over, and by both parties in America, and largely remain true. Yes, we found WMD programs. We didn't find stockpiles of WMD's, and the worlds intelligence community which believed otherwise, was surprised. OF COURSE, we protected Iraq from the environmental disaster of blown oil rigs. Museums didn't suffer at all as much as early reports had claimed; the bulk of what reportedly went missing, didn't. Dan B.