Iraq and terror
First, the administration has never said that there was an imminent threat from Iraq. If anyone can prove otherwise, please do. The fact is, Dubya said specifically that there wasn’t. Second, this whole they implied it nonsense is a bit silly.
However an Iraqi paper has published that Hussein provided training for Al Qaeda. In fact, there are many links connecting Iraq to terrorists. Go here and scroll away. So, it seems they may have been an imminent threat, albeit indirectly.
Update: Oops. I misspoke (mistyped?) above. I said link with al Qaeda and meant imminent threat. I was reading a bunch of different things and used the wrong terms. Apologies.
October 21st, 2003 at 11:45 am
Go forth and read. Specifically:
If Bush saying “Hussein aids and protects al-Qaeda” isn’t explicitly stating there’s a link, then I don’t know what would be.
October 21st, 2003 at 11:59 am
A much more detailed analysis by Daniel Drezner.
October 21st, 2003 at 8:50 pm
Why is the “they implied it” nonsense silly? What part of “We don’t want the smoking gun to be a mushroom cloud” isn’t implying an imminent threat?
October 21st, 2003 at 8:50 pm
My first post no longer makes sense, now that you’ve made your correction. Go ahead and delete my first post (and this one, while you’re at it. 😉 )
October 22nd, 2003 at 12:11 am
this whole they implied it nonsense is a bit silly
Polls have consistantly shown that 70% of the American population thought that Saddam was personally involved in planning 9/11 and the Administration did nothing (until recently) to dispell that notion. At the end of the day, many people supported the war based on a misunderstanding of the facts.
At the same time many people like yourself knew that Saddam wasn’t involved in 9/11 and still supported the war.