NOW That's What I Call A Bush Lie! Volume 1: The Threat from Iraq

[kitkat65]

All of it from the White House
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/radio/index.html#2003

"Today this regime likely maintains stockpiles of chemical and biological agents, and is improving and expanding facilities capable of producing chemical and biological weapons. Today Saddam Hussein has the scientists and infrastructure for a nuclear weapons program, and has illicitly sought to purchase the equipment needed to enrich uranium for a nuclear weapon. Should his regime acquire fissile material, it would be able to build a nuclear weapon within a year."
September 14 2002 Bush radio address


"The danger to our country is grave and it is growing. The Iraqi regime possesses biological and chemical weapons, is rebuilding the facilities to make more and, according to the British government, could launch a biological or chemical attack in as little as 45 minutes after the order is given. The regime has long-standing and continuing ties to terrorist groups, and there are al Qaeda terrorists inside Iraq. This regime is seeking a nuclear bomb, and with fissile material could build one within a year."
September 28 2002 Bush radio address


"The United States does not desire military conflict, because we know the awful nature of war. Our country values life, and we will never seek war unless it is essential to security and justice. We hope that Iraq complies with the world's demands. If, however, the Iraqi regime persists in its defiance, the use of force may become unavoidable. Delay, indecision, and inaction are not options for America, because they could lead to massive and sudden horror."
October 5 2002 Bush radio address


"One of the greatest dangers we face is that weapons of mass destruction might be passed to terrorists who would not hesitate to use those weapons. Saddam Hussein has longstanding, direct and continuing ties to terrorist networks. Senior members of Iraqi intelligence and al Qaeda have met at least eight times since the early 1990s. Iraq has sent bomb-making and document forgery experts to work with al Qaeda. Iraq has also provided al Qaeda with chemical and biological weapons training. And an al Qaeda operative was sent to Iraq several times in the late 1990s for help in acquiring poisons and gases.

We also know that Iraq is harboring a terrorist network headed by a senior al Qaeda terrorist planner. This network runs a poison and explosive training camp in northeast Iraq, and many of its leaders are known to be in Baghdad."
Feb 8th 2003 radio address


"The United States has no intention of determining the precise form of Iraq's new government. That choice belongs to the Iraqi people. Yet we will ensure that one brutal dictator is not replaced by another. All Iraqis must have a voice in the new government, and all citizens must have their rights protected."
Mar 1 2003 radio address


"Iraqi's dictator has made a public show of producing and destroying a few prohibited missiles. Yet, our intelligence shows that even as he is destroying these few missiles, he has ordered the continued production of the very same type of missiles...

Saddam Hussein... provides funding and training and safe haven to terrorists who would willingly deliver weapons of mass destruction against America and other peace-loving countries....

....And, as a last resort, we must be willing to use military force. We are doing everything we can to avoid war in Iraq. But if Saddam Hussein does not disarm peacefully, he will be disarmed by force."
Mar 8 2003 radio address We started nombing 15 days later


"...As diplomatic efforts continue, we must never lose sight of the basic facts about the regime of Baghdad...."
March 15 2003 radio address

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[Zenlitened]

1. The deninition of a lie: Ya know it's not true, but ya say it anyway.

It's not "bad intelligence." It's not "mistaken assumptions."

Bush lied to send America to war.

Impeach him. Now.

[JDPriestly]

2. Read Blix's report to UN on 02/14/03

Below is the Summary of Key Points is the complete text of the report by Hans Blix to the United Nations on February 14, 2003.

Summary of Key Points


BLIX'S POINTS

• No convincing evidence that Iraqis have known in advance of inspectors' plans

• Iraq has accepted an offer to talk with South African experts on disarmament

• U.N. weapons inspectors have found no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, but won't rule out the possibility they may exist

• Iraq must account for status of anthrax and VX (a nerve agent) and long-range missiles

• Not clear that U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell conclusively demonstrated illicit movement of arms

• Interviews with three scientists were helpful

ELBARADEI'S POINTS

# Inspectors have so far found no evidence of nuclear weapons, but are still investigation

# Iraq has provided immediate access to all inspection locations

# IAEA will increase inspectors and support staff

# Iraq has provided documentation on several outstanding issues but the documents did not fully clarify the matters

# Iraqi cooperation "will speed up the process," although it is possible to complete inspections without cooperation

http://www.themoderntribune.com/hans_blix_report_to_un_february_14_2003_full_text_-_war_on_iraq_-_inspections.htm

Based on Blix's report, the UN inspections were working. Bush jumped the gun -- literally -- by sending in troops before the inspections were completed. The DSMs show, above all, that there was no urgency. Bush simply wanted war.