Comments on: Oh, those weapons of mass destruction http://www.saysuncle.com/2005/06/07/oh_those_weapons_of_mass_destruction/ Remember, I do this to entertain me... not you. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:03:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: tgirsch http://www.saysuncle.com/2005/06/07/oh_those_weapons_of_mass_destruction/comment-page-1/#comment-15996 tgirsch Wed, 08 Jun 2005 05:12:42 +0000 /?p=5729#comment-15996 <blockquote>This isn’t to say that Bush lied about thinking Iraq had WMD </blockquote>No, he restricted his lying to the degree of threat those WMDs may have posed and to phantom ties to al-Qaeda. ;)

This isn’t to say that Bush lied about thinking Iraq had WMD

No, he restricted his lying to the degree of threat those WMDs may have posed and to phantom ties to al-Qaeda. ;)

]]> By: espo http://www.saysuncle.com/2005/06/07/oh_those_weapons_of_mass_destruction/comment-page-1/#comment-15991 espo Tue, 07 Jun 2005 22:30:13 +0000 /?p=5729#comment-15991 I responded at Bill Hobbs (I think) in the same way: I don't think this proves anything. If the UN is watching these sites from imagery then they knew about them. If they knew about them, presumably they were inspecting them, and since they reported they couldn't find WMD, these sites wern't producing WMD. Now, there were problems with inspections - so maybe they didn't get the full story. However, I'm sure US forces inspected these sites after they gained control, and I assume since they haven't reported they found WMD then there was no WMD there. If we haven't found WMD by now I don't think we're going to. This isn't to say that Bush lied about thinking Iraq had WMD - Iraqi military commanders thought units next to them had WMD. I don't see how meaningful intelligence can be derrived from a country fooling its own leadership. I responded at Bill Hobbs (I think) in the same way: I don’t think this proves anything. If the UN is watching these sites from imagery then they knew about them. If they knew about them, presumably they were inspecting them, and since they reported they couldn’t find WMD, these sites wern’t producing WMD.

Now, there were problems with inspections – so maybe they didn’t get the full story. However, I’m sure US forces inspected these sites after they gained control, and I assume since they haven’t reported they found WMD then there was no WMD there.

If we haven’t found WMD by now I don’t think we’re going to. This isn’t to say that Bush lied about thinking Iraq had WMD – Iraqi military commanders thought units next to them had WMD. I don’t see how meaningful intelligence can be derrived from a country fooling its own leadership.

]]> By: Thibodeaux http://www.saysuncle.com/2005/06/07/oh_those_weapons_of_mass_destruction/comment-page-1/#comment-15983 Thibodeaux Tue, 07 Jun 2005 13:22:22 +0000 /?p=5729#comment-15983 Now you've done it; we've got worms everywhere. Now you’ve done it; we’ve got worms everywhere.

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