Looking at the various news sites on the internet, and the daily newspaper, it is becoming pretty self evident that the Teflon administration may have gotten a stain. The oft touted ‘weapons of mass destruction’ in Iraq are nothing more than a marketing ploy.
To be honest, I thought it was all a big lie from the beginning. The very fuzzy satellite photos, obviously hand draw and doctored photos of unmanned aerial vehicles and weapons trucks didn’t convince me and they didn’t convince the UN. Working in the aerospace industry, I know how hard it is to create an unmanned vehicle that can travel any appreciable distance, no less half a world away. It was less than a year go that the United States could build a vehicle capable of this! How do they expect the Iraqis, who must be at least 30-50 years behind us, aerospace technologically speaking, be able to construct something that could come close to harming the United States. It was a farce then, it is a farce now. The satellite photos shown to us could of been anything. They looked like a worn down truck depot to me. At least with the Cuban missile crisis, it LOOKED LIKE they were building missile emplacements.
Now, to the meat of the problem: They can’t find A SINGLE WEAPON DESCRIBED TO BE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO THE UNITED STATES!
No one, single gram of anthrax, not a single vial of smallpox, not an ounce of Sarin. Nothing, nada, ZERO. What does this mean? For a country that was supposedly overflowing with these weapons, and just rearing to attack the U.S. it seems a little odd we have found nothing. There are 2 possibilities:
1) We have not found the small quantities they still have, and intelligence was wrong in assessing the capabilities of Iraq or…
2) There never were any of these ‘weapons of mass destruction’ still in Iraq. This indicates either a severe failure of American intelligence, or LIES were told to us by the administration.
If we were lied to, that means we attacked a sovereign nation, without provocation, and killed thousands of people with no justification. It is an impeachable offense, and can be tried under international law. It makes the U.S. no better than Germany in 1938 or Japan in 1941.
It only adds to my disgust of this administration if it true. I hope it is not, but it doesn’t look good now.
Lies, Damn Lies, and George W.
Looking at the various news sites on the internet, and the daily newspaper, it is becoming pretty self evident that the Teflon administration may have gotten a stain. The oft touted ‘weapons of mass destruction’ in Iraq are nothing more than a marketing ploy.
To be honest, I thought it was all a big lie from the beginning. The very fuzzy satellite photos, obviously hand draw and doctored photos of unmanned aerial vehicles and weapons trucks didn’t convince me and they didn’t convince the UN. Working in the aerospace industry, I know how hard it is to create an unmanned vehicle that can travel any appreciable distance, no less half a world away. It was less than a year go that the United States could build a vehicle capable of this! How do they expect the Iraqis, who must be at least 30-50 years behind us, aerospace technologically speaking, be able to construct something that could come close to harming the United States. It was a farce then, it is a farce now. The satellite photos shown to us could of been anything. They looked like a worn down truck depot to me. At least with the Cuban missile crisis, it LOOKED LIKE they were building missile emplacements.
Now, to the meat of the problem: They can’t find A SINGLE WEAPON DESCRIBED TO BE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO THE UNITED STATES!
No one, single gram of anthrax, not a single vial of smallpox, not an ounce of Sarin. Nothing, nada, ZERO. What does this mean? For a country that was supposedly overflowing with these weapons, and just rearing to attack the U.S. it seems a little odd we have found nothing. There are 2 possibilities:
1) We have not found the small quantities they still have, and intelligence was wrong in assessing the capabilities of Iraq or…
2) There never were any of these ‘weapons of mass destruction’ still in Iraq. This indicates either a severe failure of American intelligence, or LIES were told to us by the administration.
If we were lied to, that means we attacked a sovereign nation, without provocation, and killed thousands of people with no justification. It is an impeachable offense, and can be tried under international law. It makes the U.S. no better than Germany in 1938 or Japan in 1941.
It only adds to my disgust of this administration if it true. I hope it is not, but it doesn’t look good now.
Posted by admin on June 9, 2003 in General Comments, Political
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