Thread: Syrian weapons of mass destruction

Originally Posted by Fovezer

No, Iraq didn't have WMD's. A handful of old, degraded, and unusable chemical weapons from the Iran-Iraq War is NOT what we were invading for. So for you to use them as a justification for the war is just silly and shows you cannot admit the war was based on lies. Remember these?


They were supposedly driving around the Iraqi deserts producing weapons, according to Powell. Yeah, they didn't exist because Iraq wasn't producing anything. It was all a lie, and you are being really obtuse if you keep using those shells as evidence to support the most recent Iraq War.

Yes they did have wmd's. Someone on your side already posted that much for you. Degraded is not useless.

They did find labs. I put it right in front you try reading it. Those shells are evidence and were destoyed as evidence. I already said its not what we were initially looking for but denying what we found just makes you appear foolish.

Originally Posted by Xavsnipe

I´m not asking questions...I´m just scratching my head thinking "are we really talking about the inexistent Iraqi WMD´s?"

How can anyone not see the blatant lies that the Bush administration campaigned for months in order to coax the country into an unnecessary war?

Whether the war was necessary is all about perspective. You clearly do not and i think we shouldn't have left the first time until the job was done. War is a shitty necessity on this planet. Just because your willing to do it doesn't mean you like the idea behind it.

Originally Posted by CivilWars

So all those Dems were in the Bush administration. He must have been the best President ever to get near 100% bipartisan support...

Funny how people forget that right along with the fact the vast majority of the populace was for the war on terror and the iraq war.

So the Bush administration was not the cheerleader for the unlawful invasion of Iraq?

I don´t want us to go into the dems are just as guilty than the reps (i have no preference for either one...what I did see was condoleeza rice, bush, paul wolfowitz, rumsfeld, cheney, colin powell cheerleading for war against Iraq for months leading up to the invasion). My point is...Weapons of Mass Distraction were used as an excuse to unlawfully invade a country and depose it of it´s leadership. The real WMD´s Saddam had were sold to him by the U.S. and Britain...that´s how they knew he had a history with WMD´s...which were USED and later destroyed by the UN and the Gulf War.

Originally Posted by deathgodusmc

Whether the war was necessary is all about perspective. You clearly do not and i think we shouldn't have left the first time until the job was done. War is a shitty necessity on this planet. Just because your willing to do it doesn't mean you like the idea behind it.

It´s a necessity to keep countries in check...it´s a necessity to keep power in the region...if we´re going to go to war, at least be honest about it...let´s not be hypocrites saying we weren´t buddy buddies with Saddam before...we didn´t sell WMD´s to Iraq, we didn´t know he used it against Iran and the kurds...let´s not be hypocrites, yea?

it´s called the mafia principle...if you want to look it up.

When your interests fall out of line with mine...you will be removed.

Originally Posted by Xavsnipe

So the Bush administration was not the cheerleader for the unlawful invasion of Iraq?

I don´t want us to go into the dems are just as guilty than the reps (i have no preference for either one...what I did see was condoleeza rice, bush, paul wolfowitz, rumsfeld, cheney, colin powell cheerleading for war against Iraq for months leading up to the invasion). My point is...Weapons of Mass Distraction were used as an excuse to unlawfully invade a country and depose it of it´s leadership. The real WMD´s Saddam had were sold to him by the U.S. and Britain...that´s how they knew he had a history with WMD´s...which were USED and later destroyed by the UN and the Gulf War.

The invasion wasn't unlawfull but yeah Bush was a cheerleader.

More was going on then just the wmd issue. That was just the straw that broke the camels back.

Originally Posted by Xavsnipe

it´s called the mafia principle...if you want to look it up.

When your interests fall out of line with mine...you will be removed.

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