Maybe because George Bush kept telling them that.
Originally Posted by Doove
So now you want to argue that your hero, Slick Willie the Perjuring Sexual Predator, was nothing more than a meat-puppet for W, Doofus?
"One way or the other, we are determined to deny Iraq the capacity to develop weapons of mass destruction and the missiles to deliver them. That is our bottom line."
President Clinton, Feb. 4, 1998.
"If Saddam rejects peace and we have to use force, our purpose is clear. We want to seriously diminish the threat posed by Iraq's weapons of mass destruction program."
President Clinton, Feb. 17, 1998.
And these were the same arguments used by Bill Clinton when he initiated his attack against Iraq, "Operation Desert Fox", in December of 1998.
"Earlier today, I ordered America's armed forces to strike military and security targets in Iraq. They are joined by British forces. Their mission is to attack Iraq's nuclear, chemical and biological weapons programs and its military capacity to threaten its neighbors.
"Their purpose is to protect the national interest of the United States, and indeed the interests of people throughout the Middle East and around the world. . . .
"Saddam Hussein must not be allowed to threaten his neighbors or the world with nuclear arms, poison gas or biological weapons. . . .
"And mark my words, he will develop weapons of mass destruction. He will deploy them, and he will use them." President Clinton, Dec. 16, 1998
http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stori...s/clinton.html