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AJH032 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-13-05 01:42 PM
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If WMDs had been found in Iraq...
would you be in favor of this war? Please, explain.
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Dr Fate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-13-05 01:44 PM
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1. They were not. Bush lied, troops died. Period. See DSM for details.
Edited on Sat Aug-13-05 01:45 PM by Dr Fate
n/t
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kenny blankenship Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-13-05 01:44 PM
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2. What's the POINT?
Edited on Sat Aug-13-05 02:01 PM by kenny blankenship
Are you in favor of prosecuting the Administration for lying to Congress and taking us into an illegal, unConstitutional war?

This is a far more relevant question than yours.

If OBL, Pol Pot, and Adolph Hitler had been found hiding in Iraq, would anybody be against the war? I doubt it BUT IT DOESN'T MATTER because none of those conditions were true. In other words, since the question is already mooted by overwhelming evidence, I have to suspect the motive behind the question.
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Dr Fate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-13-05 01:46 PM
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4. False choices are abound these days...
...its like DildO'Reilly asking a gold star mother whether she prefers Micheal Moore to Geroge Bush.

Smoke & mirrors is all they have.
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GetTheRightVote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-13-05 01:45 PM
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3. they have not find wmd, only some chemicals that could lead to
creation, maybe , but big maybe, it is looking like the lies continue .... I hope the public is to smart for this s**t again. I saw a report on the tv.

:kick:
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jaxx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-13-05 01:49 PM
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6. They're counting on the public being as dumb and scared as before.
And unfortunately some will wallow right back into the fold.
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lala_rawraw Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-13-05 01:48 PM
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5. "If" is no longer an option because the loss of credibility...
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TryingToWarnYou Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-13-05 01:49 PM
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7. No, because I expect proof BEFORE taking action, not after.
See the DSM.
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TheFarseer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-13-05 01:51 PM
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8. I was against the war back when I thought
there were WMD's so no. Even if he had them, which he did not, it is highly unlikely that they could/would have ever been deployed in the US.
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kikiek Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-13-05 01:51 PM
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9. No. I was in favor of getting the one who attacked us in Afghanistan.
Edited on Sat Aug-13-05 01:52 PM by kikiek
Our biggest threat is still out running around planning our demise and thanks to us has grown in numbers. We have handed them Iraq for their great big training camp. The weapons inspectors were in Iraq. The sanctions were causing the collapse of Saddam. Many have predicted he would have been forced out without any further intervention. He was contained. We did exactly what Osama wanted. We became his pawn. He got rid of his enemy Saddam, and we upped his rank and file by more than he could have dreamed. This whole war was so poorly planned it is hard to even believe. This administration lives in a fantasy world. To top it off we have left Afghanistan in shambles. And most likely will do the same to Iraq.
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KarenS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-13-05 02:03 PM
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10. I believed that Iraq probably had WMDs,,,, I was against this
War from the start.
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acmavm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-13-05 02:03 PM
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11. What's that stupid old saying? If ifs and buts were candy and nuts,
we'd all have a Merry Christmas?

Knew they wouldn't find anything there before 'Shock and Awe', couldn't believe we would sink so far down in the moral sewer that we would drop bombs on innocent civilians.

Sometimes my trust in humanity and my faith in my country fall mighty damn short.
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glitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-13-05 02:09 PM
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13. Lol! I never heard that before, thank you! nt
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Javaman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-13-05 02:09 PM
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12. I hate these stupid ass what if questions trying to justify the moron*
Post a real question and I will answer it.

This is one of those inside out questions. Where you are asked a what if and then the questioner feels free to exploit the answers to justify morons* reasons for going to war.

Now listen carefully because I'm only going to say this once:

THERE WERE NO WMD'S IN IRAQ and IRAQ IS NOT CONNECTED TO 9/11!

Why do in gods name need to ask this kind of what if??????

This is like saying what if Napoleon could fly?

Whew that felt better, now go away..

oy vey, people.

colossal failure*.
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Inland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-13-05 02:13 PM
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15. "If Bush weren't an idiot, and Saddam had nukes, would you still
think that Bush was an idiot and Saddam didn't have nukes?"

No? AHA! So you admit that you would change your mind, do you?
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Javaman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-13-05 02:18 PM
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16. I have no idea what the hell you are talking about.
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AJH032 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-13-05 02:24 PM
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17. I'm not trying to justify anything
I'm just trying to understand the root of peoples' opinions. Personally, I'm against the war too. I just want to see what others have to say about it.
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Inland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-13-05 02:12 PM
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14. No, and in fact, I assumed something was in Iraq.
I didn't htink that there were operating labs or delivery systems. I just figured there was something buried in the desert not easily deployable, and that as long as we had inspections, we would find it and it would be destroyed without the risk of an invasion.

I was surprised that there was NOTHING in Iraq.

But I still opposed the invasion.
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retread Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-13-05 02:31 PM
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18. If WMD's had been found in Iraq, monkeys would be flying out of my butt!
*
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Scout1071 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-13-05 02:34 PM
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19. Just
:popcorn:
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w13rd0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-13-05 02:34 PM
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20. If pigs had wings...
...shit would fly. What's your point? There were no WMD found, BushCo and the war supporters were TOLD (or at least we tried to tell them) that they needed to let the inspectors do their job, because there were serious doubts as to the veracity of Chalabi and Curveballs information...

Hypotheticals at this point are utter bullshit. There were none, none were found, and Bush pulled out the damn inspectors so he could invade before they found out that there were none and told the world, thus robbing him of his reason to invade.

I'm fairly certain Pakistan has both WMD and Ossama bin Laden, should we be invading and occupying them?
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Vickers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-13-05 02:38 PM
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21. OMIGAWD, did I miss something? We now go to war on "iffy" pretenses?
:sarcasm:
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seabeyond Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-13-05 02:49 PM
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22. they knew wmd's werent good enough for america support, hence
mushroom clouds, drones, and aluminum tubes. lets not forget the beginning of the story. so wmd's were not good enough then, and they dont have any, and the mushroom cloud, aluminum tubes and drones where all fabricated
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Qanisqineq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-13-05 02:50 PM
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23. maybe ever so slightly less critical
I might say one less "fuck Bush" per week or something like that.
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johnaries Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-13-05 02:56 PM
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24. No. Saddam was contained. Osama was the problem. But, more
importantly, B* lied to the American people. Even if WMD's were found, that doesn't change the fact that B* fabricated evidence. Just as B* has continually lied to the American people on every other issue.
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