WMDs MIA from 2004 SOTU

[derby378]

Did anyone else here notice something really big that was missing from the 2004 SOTU?

Bush made absolutely no mention of Iraq's WMDs. Oh, sure, he mentioned Iraq's WMD programs, but that's no big deal - we have WMD programs, and not that many people complain about ours.

Here's a few quotes from last year's SOTU for a little contrast:

"Twelve years ago, Saddam Hussein faced the prospect of being the last casualty in a war he had started and lost. To spare himself, he agreed to disarm of all weapons of mass destruction. For the next 12 years, he systematically violated that agreement."

"Our intelligence officials estimate that Saddam Hussein had the materials to produce as much as 500 tons of sarin, mustard and VX nerve agent."

"U.S. intelligence indicates that Saddam Hussein had upwards of 30,000 munitions capable of delivering chemical agents."

"The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa."

It's been nine months since Baghdad fell to American and British troops, and to this day, no credible evidence of Iraqi WMDs has been unearthed. There were WMD programs - many of them existing on paper, according to a Washington Post report a couple of weeks ago - but so far, no evidence of biological or chemical weapons in Iraqi hands.

Nine months. It's no coincidence that this timeframe coincides with human pregnancy. And this is one pregnancy that can't be terminated without Americans, especially my fellow DUers, taking notice.

Nine months. It's time for Bush to deliver. The WMD baby is due.

[SlavesandBulldozers]

1. Yes

this is the big omission, amidst a storm of only slightly smaller ones.

[derby378]

2. Holy 1984, Batman!

I wholeheartedly agree. Down, down, down the memory hole - next to those promises to smoke bin Laden out.

[wtmusic]

3. Idiot doesn't realize

he could pick up 10 million votes just by admitting he was wrong. Will never happen.

[derby378]

5. In a roundabout way...

...the Bush administration did admit they were wrong (kinda, sorta) about WMDs by pulling out the team assigned to find them. A link:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/nm/iraq_weapons_bush_dc

[derby378]

4. Almost forgot this little gem...

"Our intelligence sources tell us that he has attempted to purchase high-strength aluminum tubes suitable for nuclear weapons production."

Very good, Georgie. Now go get another hug from Unca Dick and Cousin Karl.

[muriel_volestrangler]

6. Strictly, he didn't mention WMD programs either

it was "weapons of mass destruction-related program activities" (WMD-RPA).

Buying duct tape, perhaps?

[derby378]

7. Or, considering Saddam...

...maybe he was just buying some more cans of extra-spicy bean dip. The man's a regular Orlando Bloom, I tell ya! :silly:

[ParanoidPat]

9. A "brief and tortured reference",according to the Washington Post.....

:evilgrin:

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But he provided no accounting of his mistaken or exaggerated allegations about Iraq's weapons in his State of the Union address one year ago. Instead he tried to cover the gap between what he described and what has been found with a brief and tortured reference to "weapons-of-mass-destruction-related program activities."
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[dennis4868]

8. "Nine months. It's time for Bush to deliver. The WMD baby is due."

I disagree...Bush does not have to deliver because the media and the Dems are not asking him too! You can bet anything that if it was Clinton and/or Gore things would be slightly diferent :-(