Originally posted by EagerBeaver
Regarding my 2003 comments, it's true I made those comments but that was when we all believed that there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Your candidate John Kerry also believed this and voted in support of the war.
I also believed that Iraq had WMDs. Most people did. That's what Bush told us in his state-of-the-union address, citing several intelligence sources. Even good ol' Colin Powell said so in his presentations at the UN. However, we didn't know that they had lied to the whole world about this.
Yes, Kerry voted to support the war. He, like us, believed Bush and Powell. He didn't know at the time that much of the intelligence was erroneous or faulty. Bush did, but he was so convinced that Iraq had WMDs that he went ahead and told a few lies anyway. Of course, much of these WMDs had been given to them by the US in the 80's, so they had to be somewhere, correct?
Kerry voted to give the President the authority to go to war if needed to. As a last resort, after being promised by Bush that war was a last resort option only. Bush never gave diplomacy a chance. He put an end to the inspectors going into Iraq to look for the weapons. He elected to go to war prematurely. Of course, he had the Saudis on his tail, impatient at the delays at Iraq being attacked by the US, as promised months earlier. Bush's Saudi prince friend (Bandhar) even stopped shaving for weeks, and swore he wouldn't shave until Iraq was finally attacked.
So, the bottom line: most of the world, including Kerry, did believe that Iraq had WMDs. The President of the US was certain about this. His CIA chief had said it was a 'slam dunk' that they had weapons. Powell also said so in his very convincing presentation at the UN. Well, no one figured Bush would jump the gun and invade Iraq before all options had been tried and failed. Because of this, thousands of people have died or been maimed, the cost of the war is a hundred billions of dollars, and Iraq is a total mess on the brink of civil war. Total chaos. Amen.
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