The fact of the matter is that WMDs DID exist, degraded or not. Saddam assured the US and international community that all these munitions were destroyed and they were not. They are still hazardous and could have been used against us or our "indefensible allies", as the article puts it.

The thing that bothers me is that people like Father Jonathan Morris and other liberal leaning folks want to distinguish between new and old WMDs. A WMD is a WMD. It very well is truth that Saddam didn't build anything new since 1991, but he hid what little he had left. This is evidenced by the WMD inspectors' reports of Saddam being difficult when the inspectors arrived at a location and reports of trucks leaving out the back while the inspectors were out front.

When I see that "WMDs Found In Iraq" article, I see "WMD found in Iraq". That's the important part of every debate. People trying to trash Bush and his administration ignore this and attempt to use the benign argument that "well, but they're old." That's not the point. Iraq HAD WMD. Period. Even if I said, Iraq had 1991-era WMD, he STILL HAD WMD!! He could still kill and maim people with those weapons. Why is that so hard to comprehend?

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I just want to thank-you and all the other brave people Military and Civilian who like myself put their life’s in jeopardy for others freedoms. I hate coming home and seeing the fight being waged in our own countries. My son is now thinking of joining the US Marines and i could not be prouder and I hate the thought of people attaching him verbally for what he believes.

I have one story to share, and please consider this is one, small inncedent that was probably never reported;

An Iraqi man stood in a hall in the Abu Ghraib prison and said, there were 3000 men crowded into this small corridor living in their own filth. Saddam Hussein was called and asked what do about the problem. Mr. Hussein dispatched his son to line the men up against the walls and shoot every 3rd man in the head.

It is irrelevant to the Iraqi people what the world thinks of America’s politics for entering their country. All I know from the Iraqi people I have spoken with is that they feel hope for their future for the first time in years. THAT to me is what’s important!

Again, THANK-YOU!

emily

One point I wanted to make, tho… Did you ever think what the presence of the President of the US at the funeral of a Seviceman/woman would do, even if it were feasible? It would detract attention from the honor due the deceased and his family. Our President loves and honors our Military and their families. Only a dunce would think otherwise.

I was going to use Waco, but could not find any wikipedia entry for it.

Cj, the DOD has never confirmed, nor our government for that matter, that there have been WMD\'s found. If there were WMD\'s trust me everybody would be publishing it, but there not, you know why. It\'s because there are no WMD\'s. All those talking points you have stated were all from the 1980\'s. They were stuff thaths been sitting out in the desert for years. Something our government hass confirmed though id the Iraq Survey Group, which did conclude that there were old sarin and mustard gas cartridges that were not usable.

And the Saddam killing people thing. That article was combining the amount of people Iraqis have died in the Iraq-Iran War. I was talking about the amount of people Saddam himself ordered to be killed.

Bush did not give Congress the same intelligence. He mislead them. The Bush Company, told them that Saddam was getting ready to attack the U.S. and America\\\\\\\'s survial as a state was at stake, He lied and mislead, everybody.

Blue, I'm going to give you the last word on this, then I'm going to delete any future comments on either side on this post NOT related to the topic, which is "disproportionate force".

I really don't approve of the topic hijacking that has taken place here, but I'll add my two cents since you've not only charging CJ with using the blog for political gain, but all of us that post here.

Yes. I am a Republican. I am also a Marine. I try my damnedest to keep my politics and my military separate, but most of the time it is very hard, especially when discussing Iraq. This is a MilBlog meaning we discuss things related to the military. Since it seems the Democrats have a hard time understanding that we have a mission to accomplish, we tend to slam them.

For the record, I do not post here to push any type of "Republican worldview for political gain." I post here to talk about the military.