Despite all the evidence and lack of it, the yahoos were desperatly sure Saddam had WMD, and used that as justification to send over 4000 American troops who were killed in the war, and agreed to spend billions on the Iraq war, are the ones who fall for all the PP shit, and refuse to see the evidence of his wrongdoing.
There is a certain personality type in America, who get whipped into a delusional political frenzy by this particular manipulation.
Everyone I knew who was desperately supporting the Iraq war, is a Trumpper today.
Despite all the evidence and lack of it, the yahoos were desperatly sure Saddam had WMD, and used that as justification to send over 4000 American troops who were killed in the war, and agreed to spend billions on the Iraq war, are the ones who fall for all the PP shit, and refuse to see the evidence of his wrongdoing.
There is a certain personality type in America, who get whipped into a delusional political frenzy by this particular manipulation.
Everyone I knew who was desperately supporting the Iraq war, is a Trumpper today.
Despite all the evidence and lack of it, the yahoos were desperatly sure Saddam had WMD, and used that as justification to send over 4000 American troops who were killed in the war, and agreed to spend billions on the Iraq war, are the ones who fall for all the PP shit, and refuse to see the evidence of his wrongdoing.
There is a certain personality type in America, who get whipped into a delusional political frenzy by this particular manipulation.
Everyone I knew who was desperately supporting the Iraq war, is a Trumpper today.
Despite all the evidence and lack of it, the yahoos were desperatly sure Saddam had WMD, and used that as justification to send over 4000 American troops who were killed in the war, and agreed to spend billions on the Iraq war, are the ones who fall for all the PP shit, and refuse to see the evidence of his wrongdoing.
There is a certain personality type in America, who get whipped into a delusional political frenzy by this particular manipulation.
Everyone I knew who was desperately supporting the Iraq war, is a Trumpper today.
So all of these people zare "Trumpers" now? Der....
Democrat quotes on WMDs:
Saddam Hussein has spent the better part of this decade and much of his
nation's wealth not on providing for the Iraqi people but on developing
nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons and the missiles to deliver
them."
-- President Bill Clinton (State of the Union Address), Jan. 27, 1998
"One way or the other, we are determined to deny Iraq the capacity to
develop weapons of mass destruction and the missiles to deliver them. That
is our bottom line."
--President Bill Clinton, Feb. 4, 1998
"If Saddam rejects peace and we have to use force, our purpose is clear.
We want to seriously diminish the threat posed by Iraq's weapons of mass
destruction program."
--President Bill Clinton, Feb. 17, 1998
"No one has done what Saddam Hussein has done, or is thinking of doing.
He is producing weapons of mass destruction, and he is qualitatively and
quantitatively different from other dictators.""Iraq is a long way from
[here], but what happens there matters a great deal here. For the risks
that the leaders of a rogue state will use nuclear, chemical or biological
weapons against us or our allies is the greatest security threat we face."
--Madeline Albright, Feb 18, 1998
"He will use those weapons of mass destruction again, as he has ten times
since 1983."
--Sandy Berger, Clinton National Security Adviser, Feb, 18, 1998
"[W]e urge you, after consulting with Congress, and consistent with the
U.S. Constitution and laws, to take necessary actions (including, if
appropriate, air and missile strikes on suspect Iraqi sites) to respond
effectively to the threat posed by Iraq's refusal to end its weapons of
mass destruction programs."
Letter to President Clinton, signed by:
-- Democratic Senators Carl Levin, Tom Daschle, John Kerry, and others,
Oct. 9, 1998
"Saddam Hussein has been engaged in the development of weapons of mass
destruction technology which is a threat to countries in the region and he
has made a mockery of the weapons inspection process."
-Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D, CA), Dec. 16, 1998
"Hussein has ... chosen to spend his money on building weapons of mass
destruction and palaces for his cronies."
-- Madeline Albright, Clinton Secretary of State, Nov. 10, 1999
"There is no doubt that ... Saddam Hussein has reinvigorated his weapons
programs. Reports indicate that biological, chemical and nuclear programs
continue apace and may be back to pre-Gulf War status. In addition, Saddam
continues to redefine delivery systems and is doubtless using the cover of
a licit missile program to develop longer-range missiles that will
threaten the United States and our allies."
Letter to President Bush, Signed by:
-- Sen. Bob Graham (D, FL), and others, Dec 5, 2001
"I mean, we have three different countries that, while they all present
serious problems for the United States -- they're dictatorships, they're
involved in the development and proliferation of weapons of mass
destruction -- you know, the most imminent, clear and present threat to
our country is not the same from those three countries. I think Iraq is
the most serious and imminent threat to our country."
-- Sen. John Edwards (D, NC) Feb. 24, 2002
"We begin with the common belief that Saddam Hussein is a tyrant and a
threat to the peace and stability of the region. He has ignored the
mandate of the United Nations and is building weapons of mass destruction
and th! e means of delivering them."
-- Sen. Carl Levin (D, MI), Sept. 19, 2002
"Iraq's search for weapons of mass destruction has proven impossible to
deter and we should assume that it will continue for as long as Saddam is
in power. We know that he has stored secret supplies of biological and
chemical weapons throughout his country." "
-- Al Gore, Sept. 23, 2002
"There is no doubt that Saddam Hussein's regime is a serious danger, that
he is a tyrant, and that his pursuit of lethal weapons of mass destruction
cannot be tolerated. He must be disarmed. We have known for many years
that Saddam Hussein is seeking and developing weapons of mass
destruction."
-- Sen. Edward Kennedy (D, MA) Sep. 27, 2002
"Now let me be clear -- I suffer no illusions about Saddam Hussein. He is
a brutal man. A ruthless man. A man who butchers his own people to
secure his own power. He has repeatedly defied UN resolutions, thwarted
UN inspection teams, developed chemical and biological weapons, and
coveted nuclear capacity. He's a bad guy. The world, and the Iraqi
people, would be better off without him."
-- State Senator Barack Obama (Democrat, Illinois) Oct. 2, 2002
"The last UN weapons inspectors left Iraq in October of 1998. We are
confident that Saddam Hussein retains some stockpiles of chemical and
biological weapons, and that he has since embarked on a crash course to
build up his chemical and biological warfare capabilities. Intelligence
reports indicate that he is seeking nuclear weapons..."
-- Sen. Robert Byrd (D, WV), Oct. 3, 2002
"My position is very clear: The time has come for decisive action to
eliminate the threat posed by Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass
destruction."
-- Senator John Edwards (D, NC), Oct. 7, 2002
"We stopped the fighting [in 1991] on an agreement that Iraq would take
steps to assure the world that it would not engage in further aggression
and that it would destroy its weapons of mass destruction. It has refused
to take those steps. That refusal constitutes a breach of the armistice
which renders it void and justifies resumption of the armed conflict."
-- Sen. Harry Reid (D. NV) Oct. 9, 2002
"I will be voting to give the President of the United States the authority
to use force -- if necessary -- to disarm Saddam Hussein because I believe
that a deadly arsenal of weapons of mass destruction in his hands is a
real and grave threat to our security."
-- Sen. John F. Kerry (D, MA), Oct. 9, 2002
"There is unmistakable evidence that Saddam Hussein is working
aggressively to develop nuclear weapons and will likely have nuclear
weapons within the next five years ... We also should remember we have
always underestimated the progress Saddam has made in development of
weapons of mass destruction."
-- Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D, WV), Oct 10, 2002
"He has systematically violated, over the course of the past 11 years,
every significant UN resolution that has demanded that he disarm and
destroy his chemical and biological weapons, and any nuclear capacity.
This he has refused to do"
-- Rep. Henry Waxman (D, CA), Oct. 10, 2002
"I come to this debate, Mr. Speaker, as one at the end of 10 years in
office on the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, where stopping
the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction was one of my top
priorities. I applaud the President on focusing on this issue and on
taking the lead to disarm Saddam Hussein. ... Others have talked about
this threat that is posed by Saddam Hussein. Yes, he has chemical
weapons, he has biological weapons, he is trying to get nuclear weapons."
-- Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D. CA) Oct. 10, 2002
"In the four years since the inspectors left, intelligence reports show
that Saddam Hussein has worked to rebuild his chemical and biological
weapons stock, his missile delivery capability, and his nuclear program.
He has also given aid, comfort, and sanctuary to terrorists, including al
Qaeda members ... It is clear, however, that if left unchecked, Saddam
Hussein will continue to increase his capacity to wage biological and
chemical warfare, and will keep trying to develop nuclear weapons."
-- Sen. Hillary Clinton (D, NY), Oct 10, 2002
"We are in possession of what I think to be compelling evidence that
Saddam Hussein has, and has had for a number of years, a developing
capacity for the production and storage of weapons of mass destruction."
-- Sen. Bob Graham (D, FL), Dec. 8, 2002
"Without question, we need to disarm Saddam Hussein. He is a brutal,
murderous dictator, leading an oppressive regime ... He presents a
particularly grievous threat because he is so consistently prone to
miscalculation ... And now he is miscalculating America's response to his
continued deceit and his consistent grasp for weapons of mass destruction
... So the threat of Saddam Hussein with weapons of mass destruction is
real..."
-- Sen. John F. Kerry (D, MA), Jan. 23. 2003
"People can quarrel with whether we should have more troops in Afghanistan
or internationalize Iraq or whatever, but it is incontestable that on the
day I left office, there were unaccounted for stocks of biological and
chemical weapons."
-- Ex President Bill Clinton, Jul. 22, 2003 (Interview with CNN Larry
King)
I asked very direct questions of the top people in the CIA and people
who'd served in the Clinton administration. And they said they believed
that Saddam Hussein either had weapons or had the components of weapons or
the ability to quickly make weapons of mass destruction. What we're
worried about is an A-bomb in a Ryder truck in New York, in Washington and
St. Louis. It cannot happen. We have to prevent it from happening.
-- Rep. Richard Gephardt (D, MT) Nov. 2, 2003
So all of these people zare "Trumpers" now? Der....
Democrat quotes on WMDs:
Saddam Hussein has spent the better part of this decade and much of his
nation's wealth not on providing for the Iraqi people but on developing
nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons and the missiles to deliver
them."
-- President Bill Clinton (State of the Union Address), Jan. 27, 1998
"One way or the other, we are determined to deny Iraq the capacity to
develop weapons of mass destruction and the missiles to deliver them. That
is our bottom line."
--President Bill Clinton, Feb. 4, 1998
"If Saddam rejects peace and we have to use force, our purpose is clear.
We want to seriously diminish the threat posed by Iraq's weapons of mass
destruction program."
--President Bill Clinton, Feb. 17, 1998
"No one has done what Saddam Hussein has done, or is thinking of doing.
He is producing weapons of mass destruction, and he is qualitatively and
quantitatively different from other dictators.""Iraq is a long way from
[here], but what happens there matters a great deal here. For the risks
that the leaders of a rogue state will use nuclear, chemical or biological
weapons against us or our allies is the greatest security threat we face."
--Madeline Albright, Feb 18, 1998
"He will use those weapons of mass destruction again, as he has ten times
since 1983."
--Sandy Berger, Clinton National Security Adviser, Feb, 18, 1998
"[W]e urge you, after consulting with Congress, and consistent with the
U.S. Constitution and laws, to take necessary actions (including, if
appropriate, air and missile strikes on suspect Iraqi sites) to respond
effectively to the threat posed by Iraq's refusal to end its weapons of
mass destruction programs."
Letter to President Clinton, signed by:
-- Democratic Senators Carl Levin, Tom Daschle, John Kerry, and others,
Oct. 9, 1998
"Saddam Hussein has been engaged in the development of weapons of mass
destruction technology which is a threat to countries in the region and he
has made a mockery of the weapons inspection process."
-Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D, CA), Dec. 16, 1998
"Hussein has ... chosen to spend his money on building weapons of mass
destruction and palaces for his cronies."
-- Madeline Albright, Clinton Secretary of State, Nov. 10, 1999
"There is no doubt that ... Saddam Hussein has reinvigorated his weapons
programs. Reports indicate that biological, chemical and nuclear programs
continue apace and may be back to pre-Gulf War status. In addition, Saddam
continues to redefine delivery systems and is doubtless using the cover of
a licit missile program to develop longer-range missiles that will
threaten the United States and our allies."
Letter to President Bush, Signed by:
-- Sen. Bob Graham (D, FL), and others, Dec 5, 2001
"I mean, we have three different countries that, while they all present
serious problems for the United States -- they're dictatorships, they're
involved in the development and proliferation of weapons of mass
destruction -- you know, the most imminent, clear and present threat to
our country is not the same from those three countries. I think Iraq is
the most serious and imminent threat to our country."
-- Sen. John Edwards (D, NC) Feb. 24, 2002
"We begin with the common belief that Saddam Hussein is a tyrant and a
threat to the peace and stability of the region. He has ignored the
mandate of the United Nations and is building weapons of mass destruction
and th! e means of delivering them."
-- Sen. Carl Levin (D, MI), Sept. 19, 2002
"Iraq's search for weapons of mass destruction has proven impossible to
deter and we should assume that it will continue for as long as Saddam is
in power. We know that he has stored secret supplies of biological and
chemical weapons throughout his country." "
-- Al Gore, Sept. 23, 2002
"There is no doubt that Saddam Hussein's regime is a serious danger, that
he is a tyrant, and that his pursuit of lethal weapons of mass destruction
cannot be tolerated. He must be disarmed. We have known for many years
that Saddam Hussein is seeking and developing weapons of mass
destruction."
-- Sen. Edward Kennedy (D, MA) Sep. 27, 2002
"Now let me be clear -- I suffer no illusions about Saddam Hussein. He is
a brutal man. A ruthless man. A man who butchers his own people to
secure his own power. He has repeatedly defied UN resolutions, thwarted
UN inspection teams, developed chemical and biological weapons, and
coveted nuclear capacity. He's a bad guy. The world, and the Iraqi
people, would be better off without him."
-- State Senator Barack Obama (Democrat, Illinois) Oct. 2, 2002
"The last UN weapons inspectors left Iraq in October of 1998. We are
confident that Saddam Hussein retains some stockpiles of chemical and
biological weapons, and that he has since embarked on a crash course to
build up his chemical and biological warfare capabilities. Intelligence
reports indicate that he is seeking nuclear weapons..."
-- Sen. Robert Byrd (D, WV), Oct. 3, 2002
"My position is very clear: The time has come for decisive action to
eliminate the threat posed by Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass
destruction."
-- Senator John Edwards (D, NC), Oct. 7, 2002
"We stopped the fighting [in 1991] on an agreement that Iraq would take
steps to assure the world that it would not engage in further aggression
and that it would destroy its weapons of mass destruction. It has refused
to take those steps. That refusal constitutes a breach of the armistice
which renders it void and justifies resumption of the armed conflict."
-- Sen. Harry Reid (D. NV) Oct. 9, 2002
"I will be voting to give the President of the United States the authority
to use force -- if necessary -- to disarm Saddam Hussein because I believe
that a deadly arsenal of weapons of mass destruction in his hands is a
real and grave threat to our security."
-- Sen. John F. Kerry (D, MA), Oct. 9, 2002
"There is unmistakable evidence that Saddam Hussein is working
aggressively to develop nuclear weapons and will likely have nuclear
weapons within the next five years ... We also should remember we have
always underestimated the progress Saddam has made in development of
weapons of mass destruction."
-- Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D, WV), Oct 10, 2002
"He has systematically violated, over the course of the past 11 years,
every significant UN resolution that has demanded that he disarm and
destroy his chemical and biological weapons, and any nuclear capacity.
This he has refused to do"
-- Rep. Henry Waxman (D, CA), Oct. 10, 2002
"I come to this debate, Mr. Speaker, as one at the end of 10 years in
office on the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, where stopping
the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction was one of my top
priorities. I applaud the President on focusing on this issue and on
taking the lead to disarm Saddam Hussein. ... Others have talked about
this threat that is posed by Saddam Hussein. Yes, he has chemical
weapons, he has biological weapons, he is trying to get nuclear weapons."
-- Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D. CA) Oct. 10, 2002
"In the four years since the inspectors left, intelligence reports show
that Saddam Hussein has worked to rebuild his chemical and biological
weapons stock, his missile delivery capability, and his nuclear program.
He has also given aid, comfort, and sanctuary to terrorists, including al
Qaeda members ... It is clear, however, that if left unchecked, Saddam
Hussein will continue to increase his capacity to wage biological and
chemical warfare, and will keep trying to develop nuclear weapons."
-- Sen. Hillary Clinton (D, NY), Oct 10, 2002
"We are in possession of what I think to be compelling evidence that
Saddam Hussein has, and has had for a number of years, a developing
capacity for the production and storage of weapons of mass destruction."
-- Sen. Bob Graham (D, FL), Dec. 8, 2002
"Without question, we need to disarm Saddam Hussein. He is a brutal,
murderous dictator, leading an oppressive regime ... He presents a
particularly grievous threat because he is so consistently prone to
miscalculation ... And now he is miscalculating America's response to his
continued deceit and his consistent grasp for weapons of mass destruction
... So the threat of Saddam Hussein with weapons of mass destruction is
real..."
-- Sen. John F. Kerry (D, MA), Jan. 23. 2003
"People can quarrel with whether we should have more troops in Afghanistan
or internationalize Iraq or whatever, but it is incontestable that on the
day I left office, there were unaccounted for stocks of biological and
chemical weapons."
-- Ex President Bill Clinton, Jul. 22, 2003 (Interview with CNN Larry
King)
I asked very direct questions of the top people in the CIA and people
who'd served in the Clinton administration. And they said they believed
that Saddam Hussein either had weapons or had the components of weapons or
the ability to quickly make weapons of mass destruction. What we're
worried about is an A-bomb in a Ryder truck in New York, in Washington and
St. Louis. It cannot happen. We have to prevent it from happening.
-- Rep. Richard Gephardt (D, MT) Nov. 2, 2003
Despite all the evidence and lack of it, the yahoos were desperatly sure Saddam had WMD, and used that as justification to send over 4000 American troops who were killed in the war, and agreed to spend billions on the Iraq war, are the ones who fall for all the PP shit, and refuse to see the evidence of his wrongdoing.
There is a certain personality type in America, who get whipped into a delusional political frenzy by this particular manipulation.
Everyone I knew who was desperately supporting the Iraq war, is a Trumpper today.
Despite all the evidence and lack of it, the yahoos were desperatly sure Saddam had WMD, and used that as justification to send over 4000 American troops who were killed in the war, and agreed to spend billions on the Iraq war, are the ones who fall for all the PP shit, and refuse to see the evidence of his wrongdoing.
There is a certain personality type in America, who get whipped into a delusional political frenzy by this particular manipulation.
Everyone I knew who was desperately supporting the Iraq war, is a Trumpper today.
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