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originally posted by: pexx421
You’re not getting it. It was clearly sold as nuclear weapons. I remember all the news then. Do you? No one even ONCE mentioned chemical weapons in the lead up to the attack. Y’all are really buying into the rewritten history.
originally posted by: Village Idiot
"originally posted by: HalWesten
If it were up to me you (Willtell) would be banned for life for posting that trash."
That's right, anyone here that points out Trumps Lies, deceit and criminal behavior, should be banned for life.
originally posted by: Willtell
Bush and Cheney didn't lie us into a war. Even Trump knows that.
originally posted by: face23785
originally posted by: pexx421
You’re not getting it. It was clearly sold as nuclear weapons. I remember all the news then. Do you? No one even ONCE mentioned chemical weapons in the lead up to the attack. Y’all are really buying into the rewritten history.
Demonstrably false.
VP Cheney talks chemical, biological and nuclear weapons
President Bush talks about chemical, biological, and nuclear concerns
Note in both of these speeches, they talk about Iraq having biological and chemical weapons, not nuclear. The only time nuclear is mentioned is in parts where they're talking about capability Saddam was pursuing and that they wouldn't let him acquire.
This was repeated in the media:
CNN, September 4, 2002 Again, establishes that Iraq has chemical and biological weapons and is pursuing a nuclear capability.
NY Times, September 8, 2002 Same thing, warns about Iraq pursuing a nuclear program, but clearly states that he has biological and chemical weapons.
PBS Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction also covers chemical, biological and nuclear, making clear that Iraq did not have nuclear weapons at the time.
Now, of course Iraq potentially getting a nuclear capability was a concern. It's established fact that Iraq had a nuclear weapons program. This was largely inoperable by the time we invaded in 2003 thanks to Israeli air strikes in 1981, some Iranian action, and the actions of the Bush and Clinton administrations in the 90s in conjunction with the UN. However, interviews with top Saddam officials revealed that he had every intention of resuming the program once UN sanctions were lifted. It's worth noting that this was likely Iran's strategy with the pitiful "deal" Obama signed. Get the sanctions lifted, complete the program, and pursue the weapons afterwards.
Please don't spread this false info about the Iraq War. It was almost 20 years ago, it's about time people accept what really happened rather than the media narrative. It's funny you mention revisionist history, which is exactly what you just tried to spread, knowingly or unknowingly I don't know. But now you know the truth. Don't spread lies.
originally posted by: burdman30ott6
a reply to: pexx421
At the end of the day we removed Hussein from office and fundamentally changed Iraq without any real consequences against this country... we also just removed an Iranian asshat from the world of the living and may well have sparked the kindling under the fires intending to remove the Ayatollahs from power in Iran and return the country to the Iranian people again without any real negative consequences to the United States. Why does this matter? Simple, it demonstrates that you can cry and whine about it all you want, nothing is changing and your opinions on the topic are meaningless beyond virtue signalling.
Please don't spread this false info about the Iraq War.
Despite the fact that the facilities and nuclear material had been destroyed or removed, as early as 1996 the IAEA concluded that "the know-how and expertise acquired by Iraqi scientists and engineers could provide an adequate base for reconstituting a nuclear-weapons-oriented program."
Nuclear physicist and Iraqi defector Khidhir Hamza agrees. He told FRONTLINE that Iraq did not relinquish certain critical components of the nuclear program to the inspectors, and that it retains the expertise necessary to build a nuclear weapon. He believes that Iraq may have one completed within the next couple of years.