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Thread #59121 Message #939995
Posted By: katlaughing
25-Apr-03 - 11:48 AM
Thread Name: BS: The War
Subject: RE: BS: The War
Well, the Bushies are coming clean as to the real reasons this war was brought about: read here. Here's a bit of an excerpt:
The White House may have had a reason to go to war with Iraq that had nothing to do with whether or not Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction. (Larry Downing/Reuters)
and,
Putting on a bully show.... — To build its case for war with Iraq, the Bush administration argued that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction, but some officials now privately acknowledge the White House had another reason for war — a global show of American power and democracy.
Officials now say they may not find hundreds of tons of mustard and nerve agents and maybe not thousands of liters of anthrax and other toxins. But U.S. forces will find some, they say. On Thursday, President Bush raised the possibility for the first time that any such Iraqi weapons were destroyed before or during the war.