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• Thursday, January 8, 2009 09:50 AM

  @Nodiva

  "John Edwards and Hillary Clinton engaged in political rhetoric intended to free them from the trap of having been duped by George Bush and Dick Cheney in 2002."

  The problem with that claim is that there is actually a record of the Clinton administration saying the same things about Iraq. They left office in January 2001 claiming that Saddam had WMD and, thus, was "a clear and present danger at all times."

  Here's that record in there own words:

  http://www.sinsofthehusband.com/iraqthreat.html

  Bill Clinton and Al Gore's words were also consistent with the Bush administration's in 2002 and early 2003.

  "We know that he has stored secret supplies of biological and chemical weapons throughout his country." - Former Vice President Al Gore (9/23/02)

  "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." - Former Vice President Al Gore (9/23/02)

  "But Saddam Hussein, for 12 years, has defied the will of the United Nations and we contained him effectively, but I think it’s fair to say that after what happened on September the 11th the will of the international community has stiffened, as represented by this last U.N. resolution which said, clearly, that the penalty for noncompliance is no longer sanctions. It can be your removal from office." - Bill Clinton, Larry King Live (2/9/03)

  "It still would be much better if this could be done without violence. But the man needs to get rid of his chemical and biological weapon stocks and..." - Bill Clinton, Larry King Live (2/9/03)

  "But I think the fact that Colin Powell demonstrated persuasively that they’re moving the weapons, or the weapon stocks in this case, which—and it would be easier to move the much smaller quantities of anthrax or aphrotoxin or they may have a little smallpox. But we’re pretty sure they’ve got a botulism and the chemical agents, VX and ricin." - Bill Clinton, Larry King Live (2/9/03)

  So, again, did the Clinton administration also lie about Saddam's WMD?

  —Groenhagen Read Groenhagen's other letters
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