Interesting comment from Bush in 2000 on Iraq

OldJeff · 06-27-2004

I also thought there were WMD's, I also believed the Admin when they said we have photos of them. That is where my problem lies.

Someone "invented" evidence to justify the war.

Of course Iraq had WMD's at one point, we sold some to them, they used some of them against their own people. But when just prior to the invasion we (administration) is waving around pictures of the exact location of WND facilities (production, military, whatever)

If they were moved to another country while we were prepping for war and we did not see it, it absolutely proves incompetence in our intelligence, military, and this administration.

There are MANY reasons for us to be in Iraq, Oil, big military presence in a big time world hot spot, we need to get out of Saudi Arabia, yet remain in the middle east.

The reasons given for justification of the Iraq war were lies, Iraq posed absolutely no threat to the US, there is absolutely no connection with Al Queda, and so far there are no real WND's. (don't even point ot the single spent US made chemical weapons shell)

I am not naive enough to think I will ever know all of the resons we are in Iraq, I think history will show that it was necessary, Hussain is a lunitic, the whole thing made Qadaffi (sp) shit his pants, and the ripples are still being seen.

I still can not get behind the whole "pre-emptive" action policy - If we are attacked, I think we should answer with FULL military might up to and including nuclear weapons. I am just more than a little bothered that it has become the policy of the worlds "democratic leader" to invade a country because "we think" they might attack us.

My primary problems with this administration is the attacks of or rights, with privacy being the biggest.

Saw a report last night (On FOX so please don't spout the liberal media bullshit) that almost 80% of US CITIZENS now have records in a nationwide database of information that can be accessed remotely by the police.

Now if this were a database of only criminal records I would not have a problem, but when they ran the reporters name, they got access to Credit Reports, Names of room mates she has had, every address that she ever lived at. - Sorry a little too Orwellion for "The Land of the Free"

06-27-2004	#6
OldJeff Cantankerous Loony Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 468	I also thought there were WMD's, I also believed the Admin when they said we have photos of them. That is where my problem lies. Someone "invented" evidence to justify the war. Of course Iraq had WMD's at one point, we sold some to them, they used some of them against their own people. But when just prior to the invasion we (administration) is waving around pictures of the exact location of WND facilities (production, military, whatever) If they were moved to another country while we were prepping for war and we did not see it, it absolutely proves incompetence in our intelligence, military, and this administration. There are MANY reasons for us to be in Iraq, Oil, big military presence in a big time world hot spot, we need to get out of Saudi Arabia, yet remain in the middle east. The reasons given for justification of the Iraq war were lies, Iraq posed absolutely no threat to the US, there is absolutely no connection with Al Queda, and so far there are no real WND's. (don't even point ot the single spent US made chemical weapons shell) I am not naive enough to think I will ever know all of the resons we are in Iraq, I think history will show that it was necessary, Hussain is a lunitic, the whole thing made Qadaffi (sp) shit his pants, and the ripples are still being seen. I still can not get behind the whole "pre-emptive" action policy - If we are attacked, I think we should answer with FULL military might up to and including nuclear weapons. I am just more than a little bothered that it has become the policy of the worlds "democratic leader" to invade a country because "we think" they might attack us. My primary problems with this administration is the attacks of or rights, with privacy being the biggest. Saw a report last night (On FOX so please don't spout the liberal media bullshit) that almost 80% of US CITIZENS now have records in a nationwide database of information that can be accessed remotely by the police. Now if this were a database of only criminal records I would not have a problem, but when they ran the reporters name, they got access to Credit Reports, Names of room mates she has had, every address that she ever lived at. - Sorry a little too Orwellion for "The Land of the Free"