blake murphy wrote:
>
> On Thu, 02 Aug 2007 11:55:17 -0500, "Pete C." >
> wrote:
>
> >Dave Smith wrote:
> >>
> >> "Pete C." wrote:
> >> >
> >> > The billions sent to Iraq are a drop in the bucket and while not being
> >> > particularly well spent are at least being thrown in the direction of a
> >> > very real threat. A good chunk of our tax dollars are being wasted on
> >> > well intentioned but counterproductive "humanitarian aid". The largest
> >> > portion of our tax dollars however are being wasted right here in the
> >> > US.
> >>
> >> Pray tell.... what threat is that? The administration admitted that there
> >> was no link between Iraq and 9/11.
> >
> >They didn't initially claim one either.
> >
>
> this is total bullshit.

No, it isn't. It was a misguided attempt to use the very limited
contacts between AQ and Saddam's cronies to distract from the fact that
WMDs hadn't been found, rather than point out the fact that Saddam had
years to hide the WMDs while Clinton and the UN had their heads in the
sand.

>
> >> They also admitted that there turned out
> >> to be no WMDs, just as the weapons inspectors had reported.
> >
> >Entirely false. The WMDs are indeed still MIA, however they were indeed
> >found and inventoried by the UN UNSCOM inspectors. The inventoried WMDs
> >went MIA some time in the decade that passed after Saddam threw out
> >those inspectors. The fact that they can not now be located in no way
> >disproves their existence.
> >
>
> jeez, they couldn't possibly have been destroyed, could they?

Yes, there is a slim possibility that Saddam actually did complete the
destruction of the WMDs after he kicked out the UN teams that had
destroying them. Given Saddam's well known honesty, or lack there of and
the fact that he kicked out the UN teams, the probability the he was
suddenly telling the truth about the WMDs is infinitely small.

>
> >> After
> >> dismissing the advice of numbers security advisors that there were no WMDs
> >> and that invading Iraq was a bad idea, Bush found people to tell him what
> >> he wanted them to say and went ahead. Iraq was no threat to the US. The
> >> biggest threat to the US seems to be sitting in the Oval Office.
> >
> >If that's what you believe, you are part of the biggest threat to the
> >US.
> >
>
> yeah, i think i saw dave down at the bus station armed with box
> cutters. call homeland security!

You really are pathetic. Anyone who disagrees with your leftist
propaganda must be some mindless Bush supporter... yea, right... I've
never supported Bush, I think the is a superstitious wing nut. Your
leftist candidates who believe we can somehow negotiate a peace with the
terrorists however are a true threat to the US and ultimately global
civilization. Just look at history in the middle east and count all the
times the violent dysfunctional cultures over there have honored any
peace agreement - no fingers needed.

Pete C.