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Saddam was Right and Bush was Wrong

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By Michael Boldin, Posted by Populist Party (about the submitter)     Page 1 of 2 page(s)

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Think about it.  It was the Bush administration and not Saddam that turned out to be lying about WMDs.  As we all know now, there weren't any weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.  Amazingly enough, it was Saddam who was telling the truth from the very beginning.  Bush was the one who lied to the whole world.

You may remember that in 2002, the UN Security Council ordered Iraq to put together a report detailing the entirety of its biological, chemical, and nuclear weapons programs. In response, Iraqi officials compiled an 11,800-page report on the past and present status of Iraq's weapons programs.

From that report we learned (from the Iraqis) that Iraq once had both chemical and biological weapons, as well as a program to develop nuclear weapons.  We also learned that Iraq acquired biological and chemical weapons from the US, and Iraqi nuclear scientists were trained at US government nuclear facilities.  Most importantly, though, the Iraqis told us that some of the weapons and nuclear facilities were destroyed in the first Gulf War, and the rest were destroyed under the supervision of UN weapons inspectors.


All of this turned out to be true.

WHAT WE'VE LEARNED

George Bush repeatedly told us that Saddam was lying, that Iraq had WMDs, and that Iraq under Saddam was a "threat to the whole world."  So, here we are, years later.  What have we learned to be the truth?

The search for WMDs turned up nothing.  Nada. Zip. Zilch.

Everything Hussein said about the weapons has turned out to be true. Everything Bush said about the weapons has turned out to be false.

But, it wasn't "faulty intelligence" as the liars keep telling us.  War against Iraq was the product of a witch's brew of disinformation, distortions, spin, and lies given by people interested in the US invasion of Iraq.

The non-existent weapons of mass destruction weren't the only falsehood.  There were the phony uranium purchases, lies about Al-Qaeda training camps in Iraq, mobile weapons labs, and drones that were going to attack the East Coast of the US. 

Remember the lies about babies being thrown out of incubators?  The propaganda started years ago. Even the claims of Saddam's brutality are suspect.  Why?  Because most of these claims come from the same people that have already discredited themselves. 

No one would call you naïve for distrusting someone who lies to you over and over and over.

NEW REASONS FOR WAR

So, when confronted with the charge that he lied about the reasons to go to war with Iraq, President Bush simply went into spin mode and said, "The defense of freedom is always worth it."

Was it worth it to the thousands of Americans who have been wounded or killed? 

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Saddam's mistake by Heraldblog on Saturday, Dec 30, 2006 at 8:20:42 AM
are you kidding? by Populist Party on Saturday, Dec 30, 2006 at 11:41:57 AM
A Different Opinion by Dom Jermano on Thursday, Jan 4, 2007 at 7:14:05 AM

 
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