???? Inhofe: WMD's in Iraq was "never the issue"

[Conan71]

quote:Originally posted by Chicken Little

But Edwards is no rookie either.  He knew this would cost him, and he apologized anyway.  Having a conscience is a b*tch.

Yeah, okay blindman.[8D]

[Chicken Little]

quote:Originally posted by Conan71


Yeah, okay blindman.[8D]

Don't take it so personally.  McCain used to have a soul.  That's something.

[Rico]

^ Yes and Valerie Plame used to have a job...

MI6 used to be an agency that thought our Government did not "cherry-pick" intelligence to fit an agenda...


But then Scooter Libby used to be an innocent man....

Cheney's friends used to like to go hunting with him ....

and who knows maybe tomorrow more than just a few will see ip as an intelligent soul...

quien sabe?

[Breadburner]

I would rather hunt with Cheney than Ride with Kennedy.....

[Rico]

quote:Originally posted by Breadburner

I would rather hunt with Cheney than Ride with Kennedy.....

As long as Cheney was in front of me I agree...

As for Kennedy....... ride maybe..?  in a boat or near water..............never!

[}:)]

[mike2000]

I've been inspired to post to this board for the first time.  The source of this inspiration is a member who seems to think that if you doubt the administration's reason for war then you are a "moron" or "you are out of your damn mind".

What has this fool been smoking?  Why doesn't someone rebut him on his silly claims?

Just a few beginning points for now.

Let's start with the basics - Saddam was our boy since the early 80's, maybe even before that.  Who can forget the picture of Rumsfeld meeting with him Baghdad in 1983?  The US gave him the chemical weapons technology for use against Iran.  

Saddam was secular Muslim.  Most certainly an atheist who didnt give a darn about Jihad.  In fact Osama Bin Laden despised him and in no way would have allied himself with Saddam.  OBL did not have terrorist training camps in Iraq and even the great Decider has stated that there was no link between 9/11 and Saddam  So let's not throw the 9/11 link around.

More tomorrow when I have more time.  Final shot - even though I voted for Inhofe in every election since 1994, he is kind of stupid.  I think he would manipulate the story to paint his decision in a good light in any way he can.  I think he would support Bush regardless.

[Breadburner]

When do you plan to start re-butting.....

[South_Tulsan]

What are the chances Inhofe will get voted out next time around? He's becoming a real embarrassment to Oklahomans the world over.

Even the Terminator up in California has chimed in about him.

[iplaw]

quote:
What has this fool been smoking?  

Usually Rocky Patels, but I do enjoy a Partagas from time to time.

quote:
Why doesn't someone rebut him on his silly claims?

You're welcome to step up to the plate.

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Let's start with the basics - Saddam was our boy since the early 80's, maybe even before that.  Who can forget the picture of Rumsfeld meeting with him Baghdad in 1983?  The US gave him the chemical weapons technology for use against Iran.  

Okay, I don't know that I ever disagreed with anyone about this or how this even relates.  How does this rebutt me?  If this is a shadow of things to come you'd best find another hobby.

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Saddam was secular Muslim.  Most certainly an atheist who didnt give a darn about Jihad.  

So what?  His Baath party was affiliated with the Sunni faction of Islam, and Abu Nidal, a militant fanatic operated his militant islamic group as an arm of the Baath party.  If you're trying to say he hated militant fanatics you're wrong.

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In fact Osama Bin Laden despised him and in no way would have allied himself with Saddam.  

So what?  Saddam still gave safe haven to Taliban refugees after the war in Afghanistan and they gladly accepted.

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OBL did not have terrorist training camps in Iraq and even the great Decider has stated that there was no link between 9/11 and Saddam  So let's not throw the 9/11 link around.

No one on this board said there were training camps in Iraq, certainly not me.  And for the love of God, CAN WE DROP THE SADDAM 9/11 GARBAGE.  NO ONE HERE THINKS THERE WAS A LINK BETWEEN SADDAM AND 9/11.  CAN I MAKE IT ANY CLEARER?

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Final shot - even though I voted for Inhofe in every election since 1994, he is kind of stupid.  

Who's the bigger idiot then? The one in office or the idiot who votes him in, all the while knowing the one in office is an idiot?

[RLitterell]

quote:Originally posted by rwarn17588

Iplaw wrote:

We still don't know what happened to his WMD.

<end clip>

I'll make it easy. They didn't exist.

Except he gassed the Kurds with them, the ones that did not exist.

[Conan71]

quote:Originally posted by mike2000


Let's start with the basics - Saddam was our boy since the early 80's, maybe even before that.  Who can forget the picture of Rumsfeld meeting with him Baghdad in 1983?  The US gave him the chemical weapons technology for use against Iran.  

Common enemies make for strange bed-fellows

Saddam was secular Muslim.  Most certainly an atheist who didnt give a darn about Jihad.  In fact Osama Bin Laden despised him and in no way would have allied himself with Saddam.  

"would have" is speculation.  Again, common enemies make for strange bed-fellows

OBL did not have terrorist training camps in Iraq and even the great Decider has stated that there was no link between 9/11 and Saddam  So let's not throw the 9/11 link around.

So why did you throw that around? No one else has.  Relevance to WOT, was WMD intel which goes all the way back to Clinton- who was saying as late as 2003 there was irrefutable evidence that Saddam had WMD and would happily sell it to terrorists.  That definitely fit into the agenda of the WOT.  This is one of those things the anti-war/Bush-incompetent/Cheney-is-a-bully crowd keeps forgetting.

More tomorrow when I have more time.  Final shot - even though I voted for Inhofe in every election since 1994, he is kind of stupid.  I think he would manipulate the story to paint his decision in a good light in any way he can.  I think he would support Bush regardless.

It wasn't just Bush who fell victim to flawed intel on WMD in Iraq, his predecessor and a lot of Democratic Congressmen and Senators did as well.

A lot of Democrats supported Bush on this and helped sell this to the public.  They didn't renounce their support until it became politically expedient to do so in the '04 election cycle.  A LOT of them shifted their public statements to opposition due to public opinion.  

If there was anything mis-leading it was the lack of realistic time-tables in Iraq and assuming that we would make a 12 month milk run out of this, set up a puppet gov't, and keep 25 to 50K "peacekeepers" over there to keep an eye on things.  Didn't work that way and now those who have run for cover from their votes are trying to say their crystal ball was clearer than the administrations.

[Conan71]

quote:Originally posted by RLitterell

quote:Originally posted by rwarn17588

Iplaw wrote:

We still don't know what happened to his WMD.

<end clip>

I'll make it easy. They didn't exist.

Except he gassed the Kurds with them, the ones that did not exist.

C'mon now, RL, being a genocidal maniac doesn't count as a good reason to depose an asshat dictator. []

[mr.jaynes]

quote:Originally posted by iplaw

What has this fool been smoking?  

Usually Rocky Patels, but I do enjoy a Partagas from time to time.

I prefer a good Romeo Y Julieta cigar every now and then, and the occasional Cohiba.

[iplaw]

quote:Originally posted by mr.jaynes

quote:Originally posted by iplaw

What has this fool been smoking?  

Usually Rocky Patels, but I do enjoy a Partagas from time to time.

I prefer a good Rome Y Julieta cigar every now and then.

Had a good one a few weeks ago from them that had the outside wrapper dipped in honey....

[mr.jaynes]

quote:Originally posted by iplaw

quote:Originally posted by mr.jaynes

quote:Originally posted by iplaw

What has this fool been smoking?  

Usually Rocky Patels, but I do enjoy a Partagas from time to time.

I prefer a good Rome Y Julieta cigar every now and then.

Had a good one a few weeks ago from them that had the outside wrapper dipped in honey....

Never had them like that-but I'll take a good Cuban cigar over a Dominican (good cigars in their own right) any day.