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• Monday, November 17, 2008 12:34 PM

  @ Juan Enrique

  re: So, if Reagan was an accomplice of Hussein, should Bush have done the same?

  Thanks for acknowledging that Reagan was an accomplice of Hussein. Next you'll be admitting his role in Iran-Contra and that he didn't bring down the Soviet Union.

  Now, in your question, you present a false choice; i.e. do what Reagan and the U.S. had done for years in supporting Hussein or invade Iraq, as though there was no alternative, which is preposterous.

  As to what Bush did: He took this country into a war based upon demonstably false premises.

  Here are those premises, laid out by the liar-in-chief himself:

  President Bush Outlines Iraqi Threat

  EXCERPTS:

  “The danger is already significant, and it only grows worse with time. If we know Saddam Hussein has dangerous weapons today - and we do…a massive stockpile of biological weapons that has never been accounted for, and capable of killing millions…surveillance photos reveal that the regime is rebuilding facilities that it had used to produce chemical and biological weapons…Iraq has a growing fleet of manned and unmanned aerial vehicles that could be used to disperse chemical or biological weapons across broad areas…Saddam Hussein’s links to international terrorist groups…Iraq and al Qaeda have had high-level contacts that go back a decade…Iraq has trained al Qaeda members in bomb-making and poisons and deadly gases…September the 11th…Saddam Hussein is harboring terrorists and the instruments of terror, the instruments of mass death and destruction…The evidence indicates that Iraq is reconstituting its nuclear weapons program. Saddam Hussein has held numerous meetings with Iraqi nuclear scientists, a group he calls his “nuclear mujahideen” — his nuclear holy warriors. Satellite photographs reveal that Iraq is rebuilding facilities at sites that have been part of its nuclear program in the past. Iraq has attempted to purchase high-strength aluminum tubes and other equipment needed for gas centrifuges, which are used to enrich uranium for nuclear weapons…Saddam Hussein would be in a position to pass nuclear technology to terrorists…America must not ignore the threat gathering against us. Facing clear evidence of peril, we cannot wait for the final proof — the smoking gun — that could come in the form of a mushroom cloud…Saddam Hussein still has chemical and biological weapons and is increasing his capabilities to make more. And he is moving ever closer to developing a nuclear weapon…”

  http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/10/20021007-8.html

  —Scorpio69er Read Scorpio69er's other letters
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