So if there weren't any WMDs then what was the threat in late 1998 (right around impeachment time)? This is just a silly and desperate. Just remember, by not going in during the Fall of 2002 it gave the Iraqis a lot more time to hide and/or move the WMDs. We just need to keep capturing the folks from the "Most Wanted" cards. So far they've not broken but we will eventually work some plea bargains. At that time the Dems will be in deep trouble because we'll find some of the WMDs.
Again, as has been said by many folks, in a post 9/11 world it's just not safe to vote Democrat.
Posted by Tim at June 19, 2003 03:28 PMNo. Kerry didn't say there were never weapons. You've distorted the Democrat argument. He said, "Misled." President Bush misled us all about the Iraqi threat. He linked Iraq's WMD to Al Qaeda to convince us another 9/11 would occur. He scared the heck out of us all to justify war. Um, problem: Our own intelligence agencies didn't concur on a threat like that. Bush and his administration ignored and/or suppressed any disagreement by our intelligence agencies and the President's view.
We Dems don't disagree that our soldiers may yet discover the chemical and biological weapons. We all knew at some point Iraq had these weapons. With enough looking, a one-eyed cat could probably still find evidence that Germany tried developing nukes in WW II. So what?
Dems don't believe we'll find what Bush claimed (but our own intelligence agencies didn't concur on)---an Iraqi reconstituted nuclear weapons program or evidence of a close link with Al Qaeda. That's why Bush said we had to attack NOW. Screw the UN. Cut off our old allies if they disagreed.
Bush said he'd return honor and dignity to the White House. But Dems like Kerry believe Bush's administration deceived or misled us and Congress about what was known of the threat from Iraq, choking off our ability to make an informed decision about whether or not to take the country to war.
Didn't you guys impeach Clinton over deception? Have some guts. Would you at least theoretically agree if Bush distorted or ignored intelligence data to send us to war, he deserves severe consequences, possibly impeachment?
Posted by: Kurt at June 21, 2003 02:26 AM
