Bush, Cheney Concede Saddam Had No WMDs

[Mobius]

Bush, Cheney Concede Saddam Had No WMDs
By SCOTT LINDLAW, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON - President Bush and his vice president conceded Thursday in the clearest terms yet that Saddam Hussein had no weapons of mass destruction, even as they tried to shift the Iraq war debate to a new issue — whether the invasion was justified because Saddam was abusing a U.N. oil-for-food program.

Ridiculing the Bush administration's evolving rationale for war, Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry shot back: "You don't make up or find reasons to go to war after the fact."

"The Duelfer report showed that Saddam was systematically gaming the system, using the U.N. oil-for-food program to try to influence countries and companies in an effort to undermine sanctions," Bush said as he prepared to fly to campaign events in Wisconsin. "He was doing so with the intent of restarting his weapons program once the world looked away."
Duelfer found no formal plan by Saddam to resume WMD production, but the inspector surmised that Saddam intended to do so if U.N. sanctions were lifted. Bush seized upon that inference, using the word "intent" three times in reference to Saddam's plans to resume making weapons.



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[drfemoe]

1. This just gets better and better!

SO! It wasn't 'preemptive', it was 'intentional'?
Who woulda thunk.

Love JK's response! 'you' here does not apply, though.
Obviously, 'they' do!

[Thrill]

2. HUH?

"The Duelfer report showed that Saddam was systematically gaming the system, using the U.N. oil-for-food program to try to influence countries and companies in an effort to undermine sanctions," Bush said


Excuse my french. But oh shut the Fuk up

[Cha]

6. So they BOMB THE FUCK OUTTA

THEM?!! We shoudn't be running against them..they should be indicted for crimes against humanity!!

[Mountainman]

3. Another lie bush's nose should be this loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong

[Mobius]

10. ROTFLMAO! *see enclosed photo PLEASE*

from:
http://www.infoshop.org


:headbang:

[olddem43]

4. And I'll be Sadam was skimming money for his own use too!

Just like Ken Lay.

[jimshoes]

5. Not only did he game the oil for food

program, I'm told he also cheats at BINGO!

[proud2BlibKansan]

7. So what's next?

Will he admit he was AWOL??

Is this the October Surprise????????

[Mobius]

12. his life is a "FORGERY"

:eyes:

[Politicub]

8. Gaming the oil for for food program was worth 1,067 of our soldier's lives

And $200 BILLION of our dollars so far? That's the argument that Bush is now promoting. It turns my stomach. Our young men and women dying for fucking naught.

Bush is a monster. He and his administration think of the people who make up our military as cannon fodder.

Is Bushco trying to stir up the hate? Because my hate index doubled after reading about the sheer size of the WMD lie they promoted.

Damn them. :puke:

[barb162]

9. both of them should resign for dishonoring this country, killing

and injuring thousands of Americans and Iraqis, causing more terrorism, spending billions of dollars of the USA's treasury....

[guitar man]

11. So where was the threat?

Huh? Mr President* ,WHERE IS THE GODDAMNED THREAT?!!

Why isn't this bunch of goons being arrested right now? They fed Congress a bunch of doctored up "Cliffs Notes" intelligence reports in the shadow of the 9-11 attacks and dared them not to vote for this shit or their patriotism would be put on trial for opposing "measures to keep 'Murka safe". What will it take for the masses to wake up and demand justice? Oh, don't tell me, I know. There needs to be a blowjob involved. Now THAT'S something terrible.

:grr: :grr: :grr: :grr:

[Julien Sorel]

13. My God.

Can you imagine Kerry reciting the trail of Bush's ex post justifications for the war?

First, Saddam had WMDs, and we had to get him before there was a mushroom cloud.

Then, Saddam was bad man.

Then, to make Iraq a beacon of democracy.

Then, Saddam was supporting Al Qaeda.

No, never mind, Saddam might have been planning to get WMDs one day, and then he might have given them to terrorists somewhere, who might have used them against us.

No, never mind all that, Saddam was subverting the oil for food program!


Can anything be more absurd and flip floppy than this?

[guitar man]

14. Flip Flop is right

If *shrub says "Saddam wasn't disarming" one more time, Kerry needs to say "disarming what?!" *Bush needs to be broken down on that shit EVERY TIME it comes out of his lying mouth.

[drfemoe]

20. Yes! Damn them for wanting to EAT!

They used to be able to do that. Until whoosh liberated their oil.

[JPZenger]

15. NPR: Waste of Needed Intelligence Resources

NPR had an interesting story about the search for WMDs in Iraq. They said $900 million has been spent so far on the search, with nothing to show for it. They said that many military officers on the ground in Iraq are upset that so many valuable resources (1,000 intelligence analysts, Arabic translators, munition experts, etc.) are still comitted to try to find WMDs, when they are needed to deal with the insurgents who are currently killing U.S. troops.

What is more important - saving U.S. soldiers or trying to desparately find some rationale for Bush's poor decision-making in time for the election?

[MacGregor]

16. Is it Impeachment yet?

:grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr:

Seriously, where is the preemption of primetime programming to provide wall-to-wall coverage of this bona fide Constitutional Crisis?

*begins packing*

[drfemoe]

19. Welcome to DU!!

:hi: "bona fide" .. good point!!

[newyawker99]

23. Hi MacGregor!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[George W. Dunce]

17. You people just don't get it , do you?

It's all about the UN, we had to invade Iraq and go against the UN to show Saddam he can't ignore the UN. It's all so clear.

[Jacobin]

18. So, they're like the last two people in the universe to figure that out?

Very inspiring.

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

21. This is a very personal thing to admit here

but that article made me sob my ass off. I cannot stop crying. The humanity. The death and destruction, God help us all.

I will never forget bush cheney making me feel so damn ashamed of the actions of my country.

I can't stop crying, I really can't.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

22. Let's hope the first three words of that headline repeat themselves.