RE: Should Bush Investigate Iraqi Intelligence Failure?
If no weapons of mass destruction are turned up in Iraq, the predictable will occur and the Democrats will try to bash Bush with it to win an election. That process is already going on. Please don't forget that Slicko himself proclaimed Saddam had these weapons while GW Bush was still governing Texas. The French, German, and Russian intelligence (among others) were all saying Iraq had them. So it wasn't just a US thing, and it certainly wasn't just a Bush thing. And....the only weapon of mass destruction Clinton was able to turn up was inside his zipper......
RE: Should Bush Investigate Iraqi Intelligence Failure?
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ORIGINAL: rtread If no weapons of mass destruction are turned up in Iraq, the predictable will occur and the Democrats will try to bash Bush with it to win an election. That process is already going on. Please don't forget that Slicko himself proclaimed Saddam had these weapons while GW Bush was still governing Texas. The French, German, and Russian intelligence (among others) were all saying Iraq had them. So it wasn't just a US thing, and it certainly wasn't just a Bush thing. And....the only weapon of mass destruction Clinton was able to turn up was inside his zipper......
Yes, but it will backfire on them (dems) because THEY are primarily responsible for dismantling our intelligence apparatus, AND Clinton was just as convinced as Bush that Saddam had those weapons! I very definitely think it is way past time to make sure our intellingence systems, primarily HUMINT, are functioning properly. We can't afford NOT TO!!
Personally, I believe Saddam had at least some ot the alleged weapons, and he either hid them where we haven't yet looked, or MORE LIKELY, moved them to Syria!
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RE: Should Bush Investigate Iraqi Intelligence Failure?
What would an investigation prove?
At one time he had WMD's. We know that.
At one time he USED WMD's. We know that.
He never gave the U.N. any indication that those WMD's had been destroyed. We know that.
He had the ability to create more WMD's at any time. We know that.
He had ties to terrorist organizations. We know that.
He was in violation of some 17 U.N. violations. We know that.
He was a terrorist himself. We know that.
Screw the intelligence reports. Everything that needed to be known was public knowledge world wide. Those WMD's could have been moved anywhere in the Middle East. They could be buried anywhere in Iraq and how would they ever be found? The fact that they haven't been found proves absolutely nothing. He had the ability and the whole world knows it. He had ties to terrorist organizations and the whole world knows it. After 9/11, there is no more room in the world for such people. Terrorists have to go and we need to keep kicking ass until the last one is blown to bits. An investigation will do nothing but help the terrorists cause and that is unacceptable to me.
RE: Should Bush Investigate Iraqi Intelligence Failure?
Ifferd, where do you listen to this Pat Robertson?
Stickemup, the point of the investigation isn't to trash Bush or the decision to go to war. As you already pointed out, we already had good cause to do so. An investigation would likely conclude (and properly so) that we need to bring back the Humint (human intelligence, aka spies) so that we can get more accurate and timely info. I am not opposed to going to war by any means and believe the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq were both necessary and prudent.
However, I do want my president to make such decisions with the best possible intelligence and information about the enemy as possible. Many of us already know that we need to start using spies again and that intelligence truly is a people business. We also know that the U.S. has washed its' hands of using spies since the 70's and that this was a huge mistake. This investigation would be unable to come to a different conclusion.
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Should Bush Investigate Iraqi Intelligence Failure?
