Read the story here http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041008/ap_on_re_mi_ea/us_iraq_weapons&cid=540&ncid=716 And after them admitting it, you stupid republicans still will believe that there are wmds somewhere in iraq
And now they are using the oil-for-food program as the reason for invasion. First it was WMD. Then it was to liberate the Iraqi people. Now it's because they were abusing the oil-for-food program. Do you get the feeling that this administration would have went to war with Iraq for any given reason?
I can't believe that we went to war over this. I wonder what the history books will say about this 200 years from now...
I never really believed there were WMD's in Iraq, it was never about that to me, it was the same here as it was in Afghanistan, the human rights of over 25 million Iraqis.
If we are REALLY going to base foreign policy (especially military intervention) on "human rights," please tell me exactly when you expect us to invade: Saudi Arabia Egypt Columbia Nigeria Israel China (arguably the largest human rights violator on the planet, with over ONE BILLION people, but strangely deigned our "most favored nation" and admitted to the WTO by Bush) Russia India Pakistan Or on and on and on, in Asia, Africa, South America - we are the LARGEST supplier of weapons and money to human rights violators all over this planet. So please, in the name of CHRIST, give it a rest. It's CRAP, and the WORLD knows it.
Willow, you are awesome. I agree, that was the end of that debate right there. lol Burbot. So he's for human rights but loves China? Maybe he can't make up his mind! FLIP FLOPPER!
Willow you forgot to include Uzbekistan. How many pro-bush warmongers are even aware of Karimov's own record of boiling his own people in oil or sending children to forced labour camps. Ah yes, they wont be incensed and crying for blood against him until Fox News reports it as the next major crisis in need of armed intervention to solve.
Of course you dont know about it. you wouldnt unless Karimov decided to nationalise Caspian sea oil sites and booted out Unocal and other US oil and gas companies (as did Saddam) or decided to switch his oil trading into the Euro standard rather than longrunning near global dollar standard (making oil imports more expensive for the US (as did Saddam). Fact is Uzbekistan is on that list (amongst others) because they receive hefty energy and infrastructural support (at US taxpayer expense) in order to provide us the necessary bases for the PNAC control of central asia. Its all layed out in black in white in the foundational PNAC policy directive Rebuilding America's Defenses and more frighteningly and minutely in Zbigniew Brzezinski's book The Grand Chessboard (published 1998). Anyone who bothered reading that book might actually be able to see the events of the past few years for what they truly are and might actually wake up to where we are headed.
