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Originally Posted by fintstone
1. The US never sold any WMD to Iraq.
2. 99% of Iraq's WMD were not destroyed during the first Gulf War. We intentionally did not destroy it during the war becuse it required special procedures during destruction to keep it out of the atmosphere.
3. Iraq never provided any proof that they destroyed much of their WMD after the war...that is why there were sanctions, and eventually a war.
4. There is a post on this BBS about finding hundreds of thousands of dollars in a bathroom wall. Apparently it had been hidden there since the 40's. The infamous Captain Kidd was hanged in 1701. His ship was finally found this month off the Dominican Republic. Treasure hunters had searched for it for almost 300 years. Many said it wasn't there. It was under just 10 feet of water. There are a lot of things such as this ship that were never even intentionally hidden...that cannot be found. Imagine how hard it would be to find something something intentionally hidden...using the incredible financial resources that Saddam had.
5. Keep being smug while your countrymen spend their ill-gotten blood-money they received from Saddam.
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What kind of drugs are you using to fuel your fantasies?
1) The US sold many different military and civilian things to Iraq that were or could be used for WMD. Chemicals from DOW, hardware from the US military, electronics and electrical controls from GE, etc. Look it up. Remember before the invasion of Kuwait, Saddam was our bully boy in the ME (yes, “our”, I am an American citizen, so your silly comment about “ill-gotten blood-money they received from Saddam” is completely correct).
2) I have seen the target lists and bombing results. In person, in country. We released large amounts of toxic material into the atmosphere during Gulf War I. Read the reports and the VA results and investigations concerning our own poisoned soldiers.
3) They allowed weapons inspectors in for a long time. Most of our allies were satisfied that the inspections were accurate. That is why they did not support the war. And so far all of their pre-war warnings turned out to be true (no terrorist connection to speak of, no WMD’s, the Sunni/Shiite violence, the decrease in stability, etc.)
4) Interesting stories, but if you are still holding out for Bush’s lie to become truth, don’t hold your breath. The reality was we had Saddam bottled up with no fly zones over the majority of Iraq. Saddam was not religious, and we attacked the only secular country in the ME and destabilized it for years to come. Brilliant!
5) I am smug. I did not vote for Bush. And I was wise enough to have a backup plan if the nincompoop was elected. I voted again with my feet and moved my money and domicile to a country where religious “voices in their head” types are not put into power. It turned out my analysis of the situation was correct and I did profit handsomely from my actions. Did you? And I do enjoy seeing your sorry asses having to now pay for Bush’s fiasco. And your children will pay too.
Viva la France!
