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Originally posted by Lebell
What then do you say to the fact that every Democrat, including Clinton and Gore, was saying the same thing, i.e. that Saddam had WMD's?
Were they "lying" too?
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President Clinton (1998): "One way or the other, we are determined to deny Iraq the capacity to develop weapons of mass destruction and the missiles to deliver them. That is our bottom line."
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright (February 1998): "Iraq is a long way from here, but what happens there matters a great deal here. For the risks that the leaders of a rogue state will use nuclear, chemical or biological weapons against us or our allies is the greatest security threat we face."
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Said in 1998, months before we engaged in Operation Desert Fox to rid Iraq of WMD. Operation now seen as a success
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In 2002, Al Gore said, "We know that he has stored secret supplies of biological and chemical weapons throughout his country."
Also in 2002, Sen. Ted Kennedy said, "We have known for many years that Saddam Hussein is seeking and developing weapons of mass destruction."
Sen. John Kerry, Democratic presidential front-runner, said in 2002, "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 arsenal of weapons of mass destruction in his hands is a real and grave threat to our security."
In January 2003, Kerry added, "Without question, we need to disarm Saddam Hussein. He is a brutal, murderous dictator, leading an oppressive regime. ... He presents a particularly grievous threat because he is so consistently prone to miscalculation. ... And now he is miscalculating America's response to his continued deceit and his consistent grasp for weapons of mass destruction. So the threat of Saddam Hussein with weapons of mass destruction is real."
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Going off of the best available intelligence, which was provided to them through Presidential Channels. Why shouldn't they trust what the President says? Why should we believe he would lead us astray.
(except, now we know that Bush had a hardon for attacking Iraq since the day he took office and was going to use 9/11 as an excuse for invading.)