Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Bill who wrote (608954)	4/26/2011 11:54:24 AM
From: jlallen	5 Recommendations Respond to of 1578144

Assholes like Shetfaced don't care about facts...haters seldom do.... All I can figure is that he must have had an unhappy and unsuccessful life.....and seems to work out his frustrations here on SI.... J.

To: Bill who wrote (608954)	4/26/2011 9:41:45 PM
From: J_F_Shepard	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1578144

"As for what Bush was told before the invasion, he was told everything. Nobody knew for sure whether Saddam had WMD, but the weight of the evidence supported the belief that he had them. " We invaded a country that was no threat to us on a belief? Continuing to repeat that crap isn't going to make it true.....you stopped reading the day the invasion began. Now one more time and then prove me wrong.....Blix reported to Bush and the UN 4 times, he inspected more than 600 sites, many several times.....most of those sites were selected by the US....he always reported not finding any WMD or facilities. After the war started Bush appointed David Kay to head the Iraq Survey Group to look for WMD.......he had 1600 people working for him. The result designated the Duelfer ReportOn 30 September 2004, the ISG released the Duelfer Report, its final report on Iraq's purported WMD programs. Among its conclusions were: * Saddam Hussein controlled all of the regime’s strategic decision making. * Hussein's primary goal from 1991 to 2003 was to have UN sanctions lifted, while maintaining the security of the regime. * The introduction of the Oil-for-food program (OFF) in late 1996 was a key turning point for the regime. * By 2000-2001, Saddam had managed to mitigate many of the effects of sanctions and undermine their international support. * Iran was Iraq's pre-eminent motivator. * The Iraq Survey Group (ISG) judged that events in the 1980s and early 1990s shaped Saddam’s belief in the value of WMD. * Saddam ended his nuclear program in 1991. ISG found no evidence of concerted efforts to restart the program, and Iraq’s ability to reconstitute a nuclear weapons program progressively decayed after 1991. * Iraq destroyed its chemical weapons stockpile in 1991, and only a small number of old, abandoned chemical munitions were discovered by the ISG. * Saddam's regime abandoned its biological weapons program and its ambition to obtain advanced biological weapons in 1995. While it could have re-established an elementary BW program within weeks, ISG discovered no indications it was pursuing such a course. en.wikipedia.org