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Originally Posted by dc_dux
ace...with such a premise ("there is a chance he had WMD") you would be more honorable and ethical than Bush, who made no such premise in any public statements.
Bush/Cheney et al not only made definitive declarations about WMDs, but also equally definitive statements about about Saddam-al queda connections in order to sell the invasion.
You might want to read a Congressional report, Iraq on the Record, (pdf) which identifies 237 misleading statements about the threat posed by Saddam that were made by Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Powell, and Rice: Bush:
* The Iraq regime has developed weapons of mass death
* We found the weapons of mass destruction
* The liberation of Iraq removed an ally of al Queda
Cheney:
* We know with absolute certainty ..to enrich uranium to build a nuclear weapon
* Saddam has an established relationship with al Queda
Bush continues to mislead through fear with the implied threat to the homeland posed by the loosely affiliated al Queda in Iraq. |
In the past I said that I believed the Bush administration was guilty of exaggeration and hyperbole. I have also said that I have a problem with those who supported the war who only relied on the statements from the Administration without doing their homework.
I have read Bush and Chaney speeches very carefully. For the most part they talk about his intent, his capacity, his record and his defiance. There has been some discrepancies on what constitutes WMD, timing and Saddam's attempts at deception. Also, the administration has not been vocal relative to the possibility that WMD in Iraq had been relocated prior to the war. Technically, the question has yet to be answered.