Once again: Too many, like yourself, would rather just claim: “Bush lied.” Yet, that is the real intellectual dishonesty.Saddam had WMD's in the past - like the poison gas that we helped him make in the 80's? WMD's that anyone with a high school science lab could make?
The absence of substantial intelligence indicates one of two possibilities: 1) nothing is going on, or 2) the enemy is really good at hiding what is going on. Hence, the WMD Commission and the Butler report both indicate that the intelligence community was correct in suggesting that Saddam was probably seeking to re-arm his military forces with WMD. That conclusion is, in part, based on these known facts: 1) Saddam had had WMD in the past. 2) Saddam had strong incentives to reconstitute his arsenal. 3) He had the money to refinance such a reconstitution. 4) He had trained, competent technicians who could reconstitute his stockpile of WMDs. 5) He had the necessary materiel on hand to proceed with such a reconstitution. 6) He repeatedly stalled and deceived the inspectors—which begged the question—“What is he hiding?” Originally Posted by Allen Woody
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This is 'when did you stop beating your wife' reasoning and could be used to invade anyone. "Albania, if you don't show us your nukes, that means you must be hiding them and we'll be forced, FORCED to invade!"
As long as this thinking remains prevalent, we will continue to be suckered into supporting bogus wars until we go absolutely broke. Well, we're almost there, hope you're happy.