02-10-2006, 08:32 PM
"everyone in the world believed Iraq had WMD" is a rediculous comment. Everyone may have believed he had some weapons, but there was a HUGE debate over what weapons he had, and what threat he posed. Our traditional allies are on record telling us that they believed we were wrong in our estimates, and the war was unfounded. Bush knew world opinion was going against him, as he had bugged the UN.... This is why he never called for the "up or down" vote he promised us he would take.
The scare of mustard and serin gasses was NOT motivating our nation to see Saddam as a threat that mandated war.. hence the phony stories about Saddam's nuclear threat.
Additionally, we had inspectors on the ground....
and we were finding out that he had NOTHING. Bush's justifications for war were crumbling, and that is when he began to provoke Saddam, hoping that he would get a response to justify his war.
Because the grounds for war were so sketchy, Bush was reluctant to ask the nation to sacrifice...
that is why the cost of the war was low balled.
that is why the manpower was low balled.
That is why he made an unprecedented move in the history of the world, and gave a tax cut during a time of war.
The scare of mustard and serin gasses was NOT motivating our nation to see Saddam as a threat that mandated war.. hence the phony stories about Saddam's nuclear threat.
Additionally, we had inspectors on the ground....
and we were finding out that he had NOTHING. Bush's justifications for war were crumbling, and that is when he began to provoke Saddam, hoping that he would get a response to justify his war.
Because the grounds for war were so sketchy, Bush was reluctant to ask the nation to sacrifice...
that is why the cost of the war was low balled.
that is why the manpower was low balled.
That is why he made an unprecedented move in the history of the world, and gave a tax cut during a time of war.
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