U.S. Withdraws a Team of Weapons Hunters From Iraq

[zimv20]

link (http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/08/international/middleeast/08WEAP.html)


The Bush administration has quietly withdrawn from Iraq a 400-member military team whose job was to scour the country for military equipment, according to senior government officials.

The step was described by some military officials as a sign that the administration might have lowered its sights and no longer expected to uncover the caches of chemical and biological weapons that the White House cited as a principal reason for going to war last March.

[Dont Hurt Me]

we were all duped by the administration, Im glad Saddam is gone but going to war over a bunch of lies sucks. putting our guys lives on the line for what boils down to spreading democracy. I have become more and more dischanted with this President and his buddies.

[pseudobrit]

Originally posted by Dont Hurt Me
we were all duped by the administration

I called ************ from day one. Now I'm the one who gets to say "I told you so," but it somehow feels hollow.

[zimv20]

Originally posted by pseudobrit
Now I'm the one who gets to say "I told you so," but it somehow feels hollow.

probably 'cuz everything is fubar

yeah, i would have loved to be wrong about bush.

[Taft]

Originally posted by pseudobrit
I called ************ from day one. Now I'm the one who gets to say "I told you so," but it somehow feels hollow.

I hear you about the hollow feeling of victory on this one. However, I will be willing to pull an "I told you so" or two if it will help keep Bush from being re-elected.

Taft

[mactastic]

Ah but there will be plenty of "If <insert nominees name here> had his way, Saddam would still be in power today." shots from more that just Lieberman. Being against the war in Iraq will be played as being against America itself.

[toontra]

Originally posted by mactastic
Ah but there will be plenty of "If <insert nominees name here> had his way, Saddam would still be in power today." shots from more that just Lieberman. Being against the war in Iraq will be played as being against America itself.

Any candidate being accused in this way should point out that Iraq wasn't responsible for 9/11 - maybe if it's repeated often enough the truth will eventualy dawn on the US citizens.

[mactastic]

But a large percentage of Americans still think Iraq WAS involved in 9/11. And they are under the impression that we have already found WMD's as well.:rolleyes:

[huntsman]

Originally posted by mactastic
Ah but there will be plenty of "If <insert nominees name here> had his way, Saddam would still be in power today."

All the Australian Government politicians have adopted the same line, word for word.

Never mind that removing Saddam and "liberating" the Iraqi people was not the case put to the public when asked to support the killing and wounding of thousands of Iraqis, Americans, and other Coalition members.

Of course, our Howard has come out even less tainted than Bush or Blair. Not a single Australian serving in Iraq has died.