The Political Discussion Thread

[Galileo_Galilee]

There were no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.

Traces of them were found though and some intelligence agencies believe they were moved to Syria. And WMD does not only apply to nuclear weapons only.

But that's not what my post was about.

[Goose]

Of course there were! President Bush said so, and President Bush cares.

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Sorry! If Bush said so, it must be true!

Traces of them were found though and some intelligence agencies believe they were moved to Syria. And WMD does not only apply to nuclear weapons only.

But that's not what my post was about.

No, there weren't any WMD's in Iraq. Everyone agrees with that now.

[lordofseas]

Sorry! If Bush said so, it must be true!



No, there weren't any WMD's in Iraq. Everyone agrees with that now.

Except the conspiracy theorists *cough cough*.

[Goose]

Except the conspiracy theorists *cough cough*.

If it's on the internet, it must be true! *fact*

[g.o.d]

there's another way....tell the idiot populace in these third-world countries to stop electing dictators

or nuke them

[Goose]

or nuke them

I genuinely can't tell if that's a joke or not.

[g.o.d]

I genuinely can't tell if that's a joke or not.

that's good

[Goose]

that's good

Not really...

[SoulReaver]

ya neverknow...but it was well within the realm of possibility that some of them Al Qaeda whackos were hiding out in Iraq and probably being aided and abetted by Hussein

wait one - so to take revenge on a islamist fundamentalist, w attacked the atheist dictator of a secular regime (whose #2 happened to be christian) ???

[KEK]

Just when you thought Fox couldn't stoop any lower...

http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2011/08...parody_of.html

[Goose]

Just when you thought Fox couldn't stoop any lower...

http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2011/08...parody_of.html

Classy...

But they've done a heck of a lot worse than that!

[lordofseas]

Just when you thought Fox couldn't stoop any lower...

http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2011/08...parody_of.html

Surprising? Faux news is faux news.

[Ben 'Teal'c would WIN!!' Noble]

Well Saddam did have chemical weapons but no way enough to threaten Europe or the US.

It's funny though because the West didn't seem to do much when he was using them same weapons against Iran.

I think I heard somewhere that the furthest he could deploy them would be Israel and we know if they felt threatened they are more than capable of defending themselves.

[SaberBlade]

It's funny though because the West didn't seem to do much when he was using them same weapons against Iran.

What's sad is the West (especially the US) had no problems with him kicking the crap out of Iran for 8 years during the Iran/Iraq War which lasted most of the 80s. They did everything short of giving Iraq US troops, which included giving him chemical weapons (samples of anthrax) and doing what they could to keep Iraq from getting into trouble for using chemical weapons (which includes US bills and UN resolutions). Even supplied him with dual use (I think that's the term) technology, which is basically anything that be used for civilian and military use, knowing that it would be used for military use.

I love hearing Bill Hicks joke about it. : CAUTION - ADULT LANGUAGE - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqBOMBSDQsI

However, once the war was over and he eventually attacked Kuwait, a nation friendly to the US, well that they couldn't tolerate and the Gulf War started.

[Col.Foley]

Just when you thought Fox couldn't stoop any lower...

http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2011/08...parody_of.html

....oh so thats the point that article is trying to make.