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Originally Posted by OpieCunningham
No. Bill Clinton stated his opinion which was shared essentially by the world.
George Bush (et. al.) significantly amplified that opinion into the concept that we were a mere moment away from massive descruction at the hands of Saddam. 45 minutes. Mushroom clouds over New York. To pilfer and adjust Mephisto's Moon analogy - Bill Clinton said the Moon was almost certainly made of cheese. George Bush said it was the best cheese he had ever tasted.
As to the question of faith that has been brought up - did Iraq have WMDs on the scale that George Bush said they had and they've been moved or did they never have that stockpiling of WMDs - this question of faith was removed from the table by Kay - who very clearly said, after doing much research that no one else on the planet has done, that Iraq did not have WMDs nor even the programs necessary to develop WMDs nor the ability to hide the previous existence of such programs.
So the only question of faith remaining is - do you believe Kay or not?
I tend to believe the people that not only have little to no motives for lying but were also the people directly in charge of researching the question.
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Bush never said that.
The 45 min claim came from British Intel who had a source which said Iraq could DEPLOY a chemical/bio attack in 45 mins. Thats a hell of a lot different then what you said.
The ironic thing with all this is that there is the belief that people were playing games with Saddam and getting money for weapons programs which they weren't really doing work on. We get intel from a govt source about a new program, Saddam thinks he is getting a new toy, and a scientist is spending the money. This is something else Kay noted.