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WMD's in Iraq

Well with the new update on WMD's in Iraq I decided to share two thoughts I have about the report and on the subject.
First: The report did state that Iraq could have developed WMD's within a few months! It also stated that there is still the possibilities that the WMD's were smuggled to another country such as Syria in the days leading up to the war.
Conclusion: Perhaps Iraq had actual WMD's at the start of the war, but perhaps they didn't.
This leads me to my second point
Second: Everyone believed that Iraq had WMD's before the war began. No one (that I can remember) in the UN was debating this point. What was being debated was whether we should pass another UN measure or invade Iraq. President Bush looked at the facts according to what everyone believed at the time
- Saddam has WMD's
- Saddam has not abided by terms of the treaty set out at the end of the gulf war that he would allow weapons inspectors to inspect freely.
- Saddam had used WMD's against his people and others
In addition he looked at this type of evidence
- A key AlQuaida agent by the name of Zarqawi was believed to be in Bagdhad ever since the Taliban fell.
Note: if the name Zarqawi sounds familiar it should that is the same man that has been seen on video beheading US civilians such as Nicholas Beard.
- The human rights crisis where anyone who spoke against Saddam was murdered or family was raped etc.
Note: When we invaded our troops found mass graves. They released a prison full of starving children whose crime was not publically embracing Saddam as a benevolant dictator.

No one is discussing these type of things today. But the things Bush looked at when he decided to go to war have either been proven (Zarqawi's involvment in Iraq and a human rights crisis) or were commonly thought.

Therefore this was the decision Bush had to make. Do we continue to use diplomatic means that we have tried for the last ten years or do we follow through with our threats and act? Bush chose to act on the information because he (and by the way John Kerry and John Edwards looked at the same information and also decided this) believed Saddam to be a threat to our nation. Diplomatic means had not worked in the previous ten years and Bush said enough is enough lets act!

posted by rayhe @ 9:36 am