"Breaking" - Iraq had WMDs.

[ArcadiaGP]

Honestly, it's too late, and I'm too far into my night-drinking to invent a great subject title of this. Bush and Romney have been right about basically everything while Obama and the media have been wrong about basically everything.

Iraq had WMDs, Bush had congressional approval.



http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/...s-of-iraq-chemical-weapons.html?smid=tw-share


But, if you read beyond this - It's just another tool to prop up the "hillary 16" train. With this NYT story, they’ve officially joined Team Hillary and the rest of the media will fall in line. 2016 is a go. Prepare accordingly.

 

[actaeon277]

Chemical weapons were in the news, I think it was NYT.
People would rather say Bush Lied.
Or chem weaps aren't nukes.

 

[Darral27]

Weapons of mass destruction was the term I remember being used. I would say this counts. Why did it take over 10 years to hear about this? Why did Bush not release the information? It was never a secret that we were taking Iraq's side in their war against Iran.

 

[Cameramonkey]

Weapons of mass destruction was the term I remember being used. I would say this counts. Why did it take over 10 years to hear about this? Why did Bush not release the information? It was never a secret that we were taking Iraq's side in their war against Iran.

Im sure Bush, et al DID release this info... liberal media dismissed it as propaganda, etc. and swept it under the rug.

 

[Henry]

So what might one learn?

The state manipulates truth?

The state confiscates property on order to "keep citizens safe"?

 

[M67]

Im sure Bush, et al DID release this info... liberal media dismissed it as propaganda, etc. and swept it under the rug.

The Haliburton Weather Machine deserved more press anyway

 

[rambone]

Saddam had WMDs because the USA gave him the technology and directly armed him. Iraq was armed with anthrax, VX nerve gas, and a host of weaponized germs during the Reagan and Bush Sr. administrations.

The idea that the U.S. suddenly cared about chemical weapons in 2003 was feigned outrage. It was an excuse to buy support of the gullible taxpayers. It worked. Trillions of dollars were pissed into the sand, and for what?

Perspective: How Iraq built its weapons programs (published March 16, 2003)



12/20/1983: Donald Rumsfeld shakes hands with Saddam Hussein while discussing U.S. support for Iraq during the Iran-Iraq War. At the time, U.S. intelligence had confirmed that Iraq was using chemical weapons "almost daily."

 

[rambone]

Bush and Romney have been right about basically everything...

Oh my. How do you feel about corporate bailouts, domestic spying, the Department of Homeland Security, the TSA, domestic checkpoints, the USA PATRIOT Act, raising the minimum wage, raising the debt ceiling, No Child Left Behind, multiplying the size of the federal government, TARP, quantitative easing, gun control, never experiencing a balanced budget...

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Oh my. How do you feel about corporate bailouts, domestic spying, the Department of Homeland Security, the TSA, domestic checkpoints, the USA PATRIOT Act, raising the minimum wage, raising the debt ceiling, No Child Left Behind, multiplying the size of the federal government, TARP, quantitative easing, gun control, never experiencing a balanced budget...

Would have to check my other threads for those opinions, since this one is about Iraqi WMDs.

Edit: Oh well, I'll run through them in order.

Don't care. Sucks. Sucks. Sucks. Sucks. Sucks. Sucks. Sucks. Sucks. Sucks. Sucks. Sucks. Sucks. And sucks.

 

[DRob]

This is not "breaking news". It's "time to sell it" news. Sadam Hussein used WMDs on the Kurds and everybody knew it. The government didn't manipulate the news, either. The MSM was the guilty party. Bush-bashing was still very popular at the time and truth didn't promote the agenda.

 

[Thor]

Yep, they had them. It was even quietly reported a couple of places but it was too much fun to yell Bush lied.

USATODAY.com - Operation Phantom Fury

Late 2004. Picture 2 at that site, 40 vials of sarin. I have .ppt briefs full of pics of them, houses and bunkers full.

 

[pudly]

Sadam Hussein used WMDs on the Kurds [and Iranians] and everybody knew it.

I was saying this all during the Iraq war, but people's capacity to walk right past these details and continue repeating what the talking heads told them knew no bounds.

 

[jbombelli]

I was saying this all during the Iraq war, but people's capacity to walk right past these details and continue repeating what the talking heads told them knew no bounds.

I was saying the same thing. It's funny/tragic how many people didn't care that the Iraqis were slaughtering hundreds of thousands of people based on ethnicity but suddenly cared about us caring. As far as I'm concerned every single person who said we shouldn't interfere supports genocide.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

OUT: NYT attacks Bush for not finding chemical weapons in Iraq

IN: NYT attacks Bush for not publicizing 5000 chemical weapons found in Iraq

 

[N8RV]

The big question is: Will those who so loudly proclaimed, "BUSH LIED, PEOPLE DIED!" now apologize and admit that they were misled? I think we all know the answer to that.

 

[ViperJock]

The big question is: Will those who so loudly proclaimed, "BUSH LIED, PEOPLE DIED!" now apologize and admit that they were misled? I think we all know the answer to that.

Yes we do. Please don't present Data to Liberals. It only makes them worse to be around.

 

[jbombelli]

Yes we do. Please don't present Data to Liberals. It only makes them worse to be around.

Truth. They can't handle their views being questioned with facts. It just makes them scream louder.

 

[Tactically Fat]

File this under the "Duh" category. *sigh*

I remember reports of weapons being used/found on coalition forces 10+ years ago...

 

[ruger1800]

I was saying the same thing. It's funny/tragic how many people didn't care that the Iraqis were slaughtering hundreds of thousands of people based on ethnicity but suddenly cared about us caring. As far as I'm concerned every single person who said we shouldn't interfere supports genocide.

So how many would have died if we did nothing? How many died because we cared, if you think dick Cheney, bush and the gubment cared your smoking crack.

 

[jbombelli]

So how many would have died if we did nothing? How many died because we cared, if you think dick Cheney, bush and the gubment cared your smoking crack.

Sorry people with a conscience interrupted your genocide of the Kurds.