christiefan915
Catalyst
You really need to get a grip on reality, dear......
Just because Wilson didn't find out what was going on don't mean nothing was going on.......is it really any surprise that Bush put more faith in British intell. than Joe Wilson, anti-Bush left wing partisan ?
If you think Bush went to war with Saddam because he thought Saddam was trying to buy yellow cake in Niger, you have a very limited and narrow perspective on
what was going in the world from 1996 thru 2003.....
Saddams shopping habits in Africa were hardly the impetus for removing Saddam from power...even if he did believe the British governments bogus intell.......after all, it was Clinton's idea to rid Iraq of Saddam in the first place, BY....(before yellowcake) and before GW Bush.....Clinton made it US policy.....
No, Saddam's demise was in the making for a long time, it pre-dated GW and even Clinton.....the UN Resolutions (about 16 or 18 in number) that were passed unanimously by the entire UN condemning Saddam (and what we NOW know was his imaginary WMD) just might have had something to do with Bush's decision making and obviously the erroneous intelligence he was surrounded with from our own CIA and the 16 agency's that produce the NIE........
You should have been paying closer attention to the world for the last 15 years to get a handle on history as it was.....not as the DNC would like to re-write it....
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bush passed the Iraq Resolution in October 2002 ?
Sorry Sweetie....The United States Congress passed the Iraq Resolution with a bi-partisan vote....not Bush
No resolution, no war......chew on that undeniable fact.
My grip on reality is firm. Let's take a quick look at the resolution and the lies that abound in it.
Whereas in 1990 in response to Iraq's war of aggression against and illegal occupation of Kuwait, the United States forged a coalition of nations to liberate Kuwait and its people in order to defend the national security of the United States
Our national security was never threatened by Kuwait.
Iraq unequivocally agreed, among other things, to eliminate its nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons programs and the means to deliver and develop them, and to end its support for international terrorism;
According to Hussein Kamel, Saddam's son-in-law, WMD were destroyed after the Persian Gulf war. According to Joe Wilson there was no evidence for Iraq buying yellowcake uranium from Niger.
Interview with Hussein Kamel on August 22, 1995
What I Didn't Find in Africa
Whereas Iraq both poses a continuing threat to the national security of the United States...
False fear-mongering.
Whereas the current Iraqi regime has demonstrated its continuing hostility toward, and willingness to attack, the United States, including by attempting in 1993 to assassinate former President Bush...
False. Attempting to assassinate GHWB does not translate to "a willingness to attack the U.S."
Whereas members of al Qaida, an organization bearing responsibility for attacks on the United States, its citizens, and interests, including the attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001, are known to be in Iraq;
Whereas the attacks on the United States of September 11, 2001, underscored the gravity of the threat posed by the acquisition of weapons of mass destruction by international terrorist organizations;
Whereas Iraq's demonstrated capability and willingness to use weapons of mass destruction, the risk that the current Iraqi regime will either employ those weapons to launch a surprise attack against the United States
Whereas the President and Congress are determined to continue to take all appropriate actions against international terrorists and terrorist organizations, including those nations, organizations, or persons who planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001, or harbored such persons or organizations;
False attempts to tie Iraq with 9/11. False claims that Iraq had WMD.
a) Authorization.--The President is authorized to use the Armed Forces of the United States as he determines to be necessary and appropriate in order to--
(1) defend the national security of the United States against the continuing threat posed by Iraq;
Falsely stating Iraq was planning to attack the U.S.
(1) reliance by the United States on further diplomatic or other peaceful means alone either (A) will not adequately protect the national security of the United States against the continuing threat posed by Iraq...
False fear-mongering that Iraq was a threat to our national security.