Quote from ratboy88:
if china invaded my country i would do everything i could to fight them.. wouldnt you? oh wait.. that would make me a terrorist? yawn.
This is what you call reasoning? Equating the US with Saddam's Iraq?
and yes.. i did know there were no wmd's because i read everything i could get my hands on.. and i knew they were lying. trust me.. it was easy to figure out. this isnt monday morning quarterbacking..
In 1998 Democrats knew that Saddam had WMD's because of the UN documentation, and talked tough about invading if Saddam did not immediately comply with UN resolutions. This included all of the Democratic leadership in the house and the senate. Many elevated and threatening speeches were made by the likes of Democrat senators Kerry, Kennedy, Reid, Dodd, Schumer, etc. In the end it was all just bluster and a few missiles were launched. Based on the current evidence available when Bush made his decision, and the documentation from 1998, and that the foreign intel community believed Saddam had WMD's, the UN believed it, the king of Jordan believed it, the president of Egypt believed it, Tony Blair believed it, the Clinton administration believed it, Joe Wilson believed it, the house believed it, the senate believed it, senator John Kerry believed it (he saw all of the same intel as the president - that is if he showed up at any of the meetings), senator Russ Feingold who opposed the war resolution still believed Saddam had WMD's, senator Carl Levin (D) admitted on Nov.7 /05 "...there was plenty of evidence that Saddam had nuclear weapons, by the way. That is not in dispute. There is plenty of evidence of that." Hillary Clinton believed it, and George Tenet, director of the CIA (appointed by Clinton) guaranteed President Bush it was a "slam dunk". (All of the above mentioned people have been publicly documented as to the claims.) Here is what Clinton's Secretary of State, Madelleine Albright said:
February 1, 1998 "We must stop Saddam from ever again jeopardizing the stability and the security of his neighbors with weapons of mass destruction."
Feb. 19 1998 "The world hasn't seen, except maybe since Hitler, somebody who is quite as evil as Saddam Hussein." Did you get that? "MAYBE" Hitler was as evil as Saddam Hussein.
November 10, 1999 "Hussein has chosen to spend his money on building weapons of mass destruction and palaces for his cronies."
February 18, 2002 "Iraq is a long way from (here), but what happens there matters a great deal here, for the risk that the leaders of a rogue state will use nuclear, chemical or biological weapons against us or our allies is the greatest national security threat we face -- and it is a threat against which we must and will stand firm."
But you the great Bond/Bourne clone knew they were ... what? All lying? You claim it was all one large conspiracy? Bush and Clinton were in a conspiracy together? Gimmie some evidence. Surely your hero Ron Paul must have evidence of this giant conspiracy that includes most of the western world's intel agencies as well as world leaders that include Arab leaders.
i argued ad nauseam with friends and co workers that thought i was crazy.
But surely you had evidence to present to them. What was it? What did you show them?