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

To: Dan B. who wrote (75335)	4/11/2006 10:52:56 AM
From: Cogito	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

>>Actually, Bush did strive to win peace. He did make the right decision given an uncooperative Iraq.<< Dan - This is revisionism. The inspectors who were in Iraq just before we went to war, including Al Baradai, were asking for more time. They felt they were getting good cooperation. The threat of war had been enough to make Saddam see that he could no longer keep resisting the inspectors. We also have to remember that one of the reasons we couldn't find the huge stockpiles of WMDs was that he didn't have them. Plus, what the intelligence community believed he had at one time were actually raw materials that could have been used to produce massive amounts of chemical weapons, but could also have been used to make things like insecticides. If you listen to Bush's speeches from that period carefully, you will hear him say things like, "Saddam has enough [some chemical] to make five hundred tons of VX nerve gas." He never said that the nerve gas had been made, or even that Saddam had the equipment and ability to make that much of it. Only that the raw materials were there. The propaganda was very carefully crafted to make it sound like there must be huge stockpiles of WMDs, without ever coming right out and saying it. Read the transcript of his State of the Union message for 2003 and you'll see what I'm talking about. - Allen

To: Dan B. who wrote (75335)	4/11/2006 12:36:41 PM
From: Orcastraiter	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 81568

Dan, Will you go on record right now supporting the Bush plan for using tactical nuclear bombs on Iran? Orca

To: Dan B. who wrote (75335)	4/11/2006 10:57:58 PM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 81568

Bush never strived for peace for one instant. What the hell are you talking about? Bush's plan was to invade Iraq no matter what, even if no WMD were found. That has been established now through British sources. If you think Bush tried for peace you're completely deluded. He had every opportunity to give the process time and did only the bare minimum, and even in those situations (Powell's speech at the UN) Bush-Cheney planted lies and phony intel in an attempt to hoodwink the world, congress and the American People.