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Thread ID: 7202 | Posts: 10 | Started: 2003-06-07
2003-06-07 21:02 | User Profile
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Missing Weapons Of Mass Destruction: Is Lying About The Reason For War An Impeachable Offense? By JOHN W. DEAN
Friday, Jun. 06, 2003
President George W. Bush has got a very serious problem. Before asking Congress for a Joint Resolution authorizing the use of American military forces in Iraq, he made a number of unequivocal statements about the reason the United States needed to pursue the most radical actions any nation can undertake - acts of war against another nation.
Now it is clear that many of his statements appear to be false. In the past, Bush's White House has been very good at sweeping ugly issues like this under the carpet, and out of sight. But it is not clear that they will be able to make the question of what happened to Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) go away - unless, perhaps, they start another war.
That seems unlikely. Until the questions surrounding the Iraqi war are answered, Congress and the public may strongly resist more of President Bush's warmaking.
Presidential statements, particularly on matters of national security, are held to an expectation of the highest standard of truthfulness. A president cannot stretch, twist or distort facts and get away with it. President Lyndon Johnson's distortions of the truth about Vietnam forced him to stand down from reelection. President Richard Nixon's false statements about Watergate forced his resignation.
Frankly, I hope the WMDs are found, for it will end the matter. Clearly, the story of the missing WMDs is far from over. And it is too early, of course, to draw conclusions. But it is not too early to explore the relevant issues.
President Bush's Statements On Iraq's Weapons Of Mass Destruction
Readers may not recall exactly what President Bush said about weapons of mass destruction; I certainly didn't. Thus, I have compiled these statements ..........
2003-06-07 21:30 | User Profile
All I see are the jews playing both sides of the fence. They're so arrogant right now it's amazing. Wolfowitz saying it was about oil, throwing a lead life preserver at dumbo Bush. Then we have the press that's putting on a show by asking questions about the missing WMD's. No stories by any major figures asking if this was about Israel.
Impeachable? No. Ammo for 2004. Some people think the jews don't want a jewish president. I'm not so sure. Think of how they can play games and snicker to themselves at private parties. They probably like Kerry a lot more than My Favorite Martian, I mean Lieberman.
The interests of the zionists and the oil crowd dovetailed nicely in Iraq. For Bush, he's now getting the "What have you done for me lately?" treatment from the jewish press. Some of it could be as a reminder to show who is in charge. The non-jews asking about missing WMD's help the jews out without realizing it.
2003-06-08 03:07 | User Profile
Bush, "We have found Weapons of Mass Destruction." -- apparently talking about a machine that makes hydrogen gas for weather balloons to assist artillery (aka, the mobile labs)
Rumsfield, "We know where they are." -- before the war, this had me asking why doesn't Rumsfield just tell the inspectors where they are
2003-06-08 20:36 | User Profile
**All I see are the jews playing both sides of the fence. **
Yes, but the arrogance you mentioned is getting the Tribe in big trouble. Perhaps the most important obstacle to the awakening of the masses is the fact that the "conservatives" continue to trust in the Republican Party and its leadership. All these "conservatives", presumably, heard -- and rejected -- the contention that the Bush administration was fabricating its purported basis for invading Iraq. And they heard it from us. Our credibility has been rehabilitated, and the credibility of the GOP has been lessened. This is a heartening development.
2003-06-08 21:14 | User Profile
Here's the latest Jeff Danzinger take on it.
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A real "Zinger".
2003-06-08 21:33 | User Profile
Originally posted by AntiYuppie@Jun 8 2003, 16:28 ** Watergate and Monica (well, almost) were impeachable offenses but lying to Congress and the nation to propagandize a war aren't...funny world we live in. **
What it all boils down to is that we have a Congress of out and out cowards. There's just no other way to put it.
2003-06-08 21:38 | User Profile
**By JOHN W. DEAN **
Thats all you really need to see to evaluate this article.
A hack with no credibility, throwing stones at another hack from a different party.
If they both wanted to steal your money and give it away to the same people there would be no argument. But it's full attack mode on the only non issue the idiot liberals can seem to find.
The whole room is so full of clowns you almost miss the smell of elephand crap.
2003-06-08 23:19 | User Profile
Happy Hacker wrote:
Rumsfield, "We know where they are." -- before the war, this had me asking why doesn't Rumsfield just tell the inspectors where they are
Ah, but logic is strictly verboten; itââ¬â¢s listed prominently in the large and growing Thought Crimes Section of the Penal Law.
Save yourself further grief, schedule a lobotomy asap. Work two jobs. Obey orders. Shop relentlessly. Leave all of the thinking to Uncle.
2003-06-09 03:45 | User Profile
Originally posted by mwdallas@Jun 8 2003, 20:36 ** > **All I see are the jews playing both sides of the fence. **
Yes, but the arrogance you mentioned is getting the Tribe in big trouble. **
The thing is, in the past, they could just "wander" off to some other country. In this day and age, that's going to be much more difficult.
2003-06-10 09:42 | User Profile
Originally posted by Texas Dissident@Jun 8 2003, 15:33 ** What it all boils down to is that we have a Congress of out and out cowards. There's just no other way to put it. **
True, and until things like honesty and integerity and (gasp!) actually serving the public who elected you become more important than greed and securing your own re-election and personal power, that will never change.