Carole Allen wrote:
>>On 6 Jul 2006 18:03:29 -0700, "Tchiowa" wrote:
>>
>>>No, I was assuming that you were smart enough to read and understand.
>>>Sorry if I assumed wrong. Let me spell it out for you really, really
>>>simply.
>>>
>>>1) Saddam has WMDs and had used them.
>>>2) Saddam invaded Kuwait. The UN kicked him out. But we didn't invade
>>>and take him out. Part of the deal not to do that was that Saddam had
>>>to destroy all of his WMDs and allow full and free UN inspections. He
>>>never did.
>>>3) Terrorist organizations like Al Qaeda attacked the US and promised
>>>to do it again.
>>>4) Those organizations were openly trying to obtain WMDs to use against
>>>the US.
>>>5) Saddam was actively trying to form alliances with Al Qaeda. Some top
>>>leaders had been given refuge in Iraq. He invited bin Ladin to live in
>>>Iraq.
>>>6) Those facts and others led to the fear that Saddam would sell or
>>>give WMDs to a terrorist organization. Or that he would use his
>>>technology to teach them how to do it.
>>>7) 9/11 taught the US that we couldn't wait until *after* a terrorist
>>>decided to attack. We have to prevent.
>>>
>>>All of those statements are fully documented and factual.
>>
> You just keep on drinking that kool-aid.
>
> The only "weapons" they found were old, unarmed warheads buried under
> 10+ years worth of sand, not operational, and probably not dismantled
> per UN terms because they forgot where they had hidden them!
"Probably not"? I don't recall the Iraqi goverment mentioning to the UN
that they couldn't comply with the resolutions because they forgot where
they put the weapons.
Additionally, they found biological and chemical weapons, but you might
have missed or simply ignored those reports.
>
> Saddam wanted nothing to to with AQ..his country was secular, not
> Islamo-fascist,
His country was "secular"? So, there was no real division between people
with different ideas. No fighting, no disagreement, nothing????????
> Iraq had no ability to attack us, there was no imminent threat from
> Iraq. and your #7 above has nothing to do with Iraq.
How do you feel about North Korea? Do you think they aren't a threat?
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