"100,000 Iraqi women, kids and old folks who Bush has blown up!!! " Where did those figures come from Bobert - I know you aren't all that good with figures, so who made that number up for you, how and why?

"So do you actually believe that Iraq was a real threat to the USA, Teribus? Or was about to be?

Well, apparently George Bush believed it."

With Saddam Hussein left in power and with the removal of sanctions, yes, Iraq would pose a threat to, lets recall the phraseology used by GWB, The United States of America, the stability of the region, America's allies and the interests of the United States of America and those of her allies - Little Hawk it was never solely the threat to the US. Also I do not know whether GWB believed it, but the Security and Intelligence Agencies and House Committee's certainly, after evaluation, believed it, on the information available at the time, as did every member Government of the UNSC at the time.

Arne, no goalposts have been moved as you continue to assert. What you and those who support your point of view tend to do is cherry-pick at what people have said. Case in point regarding Iraq being a threat to the US, if you are going to raise that, then quote the whole phrase and put it in context. The aim of UNSCOM, or UNMOVIC, was not to find WMD in Iraq, it was to establish beyond doubt that Iraq held no stocks of weaponised CW or BW weapons, was not developing missiles with delivery capabilities greater than 150 kilometer range, that Iraq had not have programmes in existence aimed at developing nuclear, CW, BW and missiles. Every nation sitting on the UN Security Council in the summer of 2002 believed that Iraq had WMD, because UNSCOM had told them that they had. By the bye go and read through Dr.Hans Blix's monthly reports to the UNSC. One thing is consisted in all of them, he clearly states that he and his inspection teams did not receive the full and pro-active co-operation of the Iraqi Authorities - 1441 demanded that from day one - hence the serious consequences that followed, even before March 2003, GWB and the US Administration made no secret whatsoever what was meant by 'Serious Consequences'

GUEST,Geoduck - 11 Nov 05 - 10:55 PM

Good post, clear and informative, unfortunately it won't change anything around here, simple truth and plain statement of established and verified fact tends to confuse the cosy imaginings of the chattering "Peace at any price" Brigade.