Thread: Democrats Speak Out on WMD

I thought they were celebrating getting Saddam out of power. That would warrent a big party. Like getting Hitler out of power during the first days of WWII. If you look at it that way it was one big accomplishment. Yeah.

What a Tangled Web We Weave . . .

. . . when first we practice to deceive!


Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction.

Dick Cheney
Speech to VFW National Convention
August 26, 2002


Right now, Iraq is expanding and improving facilities that were used for the production of biological weapons.

George W. Bush
Speech to UN General Assembly
September 12, 2002


If he declares he has none, then we will know that Saddam Hussein is once again misleading the world.

Ari Fleischer
Press Briefing
December 2, 2002


We know for a fact that there are weapons there.

Ari Fleischer
Press Briefing
January 9, 2003


Our intelligence officials estimate that Saddam Hussein had the materials to produce as much as 500 tons of sarin, mustard and VX nerve agent.

George W. Bush
State of the Union Address
January 28, 2003


We know that Saddam Hussein is determined to keep his weapons of mass destruction, is determined to make more.

Colin Powell
Remarks to UN Security Council
February 5, 2003


We have sources that tell us that Saddam Hussein recently authorized Iraqi field commanders to use chemical weapons -- the very weapons the dictator tells us he does not have.

George W. Bush
Radio Address
February 8, 2003


If Iraq had disarmed itself, gotten rid of its weapons of mass destruction over the past 12 years, or over the last several months since (UN Resolution) 1441 was enacted, we would not be facing the crisis that we now have before us . . . But the suggestion that we are doing this because we want to go to every country in the Middle East and rearrange all of its pieces is not correct.

Colin Powell
Interview with Radio France International
February 28, 2003


So has the strategic decision been made to disarm Iraq of its weapons of mass destruction by the leadership in Baghdad? . . . I think our judgment has to be clearly not.

Colin Powell
Remarks to UN Security Council
March 7, 2003


Intelligence gathered by this and other governments leaves no doubt that the Iraq regime continues to possess and conceal some of the most lethal weapons ever devised.

George W. Bush
Address to the Nation
March 17, 2003


Well, there is no question that we have evidence and information that Iraq has weapons of mass destruction, biological and chemical particularly . . . all this will be made clear in the course of the operation, for whatever duration it takes.

Ari Fleisher
Press Briefing
March 21, 2003


There is no doubt that the regime of Saddam Hussein possesses weapons of mass destruction. And . . . as this operation continues, those weapons will be identified, found, along with the people who have produced them and who guard them.

Gen. Tommy Franks
Press Conference
March 22, 2003


I have no doubt we're going to find big stores of weapons of mass destruction.

Defense Policy Board member Kenneth Adelman
Washington Post, p. A27
March 23, 2003


One of our top objectives is to find and destroy the WMD. There are a number of sites.

Pentagon Spokeswoman Victoria Clark
Press Briefing
March 22, 2003


We know where they are. They're in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad and east, west, south and north somewhat.

Donald Rumsfeld
ABC Interview
March 30, 2003


Obviously the administration intends to publicize all the weapons of mass destruction U.S. forces find -- and there will be plenty.

Neocon scholar Robert Kagan
Washington Post op-ed
April 9, 2003


But make no mistake -- as I said earlier -- we have high confidence that they have weapons of mass destruction. That is what this war was about and it is about. And we have high confidence it will be found.

Ari Fleischer
Press Briefing
April 10, 2003


We are learning more as we interrogate or have discussions with Iraqi scientists and people within the Iraqi structure, that perhaps he destroyed some, perhaps he dispersed some. And so we will find them.

George W. Bush
NBC Interview
April 24, 2003


There are people who in large measure have information that we need . . . so that we can track down the weapons of mass destruction in that country.

Donald Rumsfeld
Press Briefing
April 25, 2003


We'll find them. It'll be a matter of time to do so.

George W. Bush
Remarks to Reporters
May 3, 2003


I'm absolutely sure that there are weapons of mass destruction there and the evidence will be forthcoming. We're just getting it just now.

Colin Powell
Remarks to Reporters
May 4, 2003


We never believed that we'd just tumble over weapons of mass destruction in that country.

Donald Rumsfeld
Fox News Interview
May 4, 2003


I'm not surprised if we begin to uncover the weapons program of Saddam Hussein -- because he had a weapons program.

George W. Bush
Remarks to Reporters
May 6, 2003


U.S. officials never expected that "we were going to open garages and find" weapons of mass destruction.

Condoleeza Rice
Reuters Interview
May 12, 2003


I just don't know whether it was all destroyed years ago -- I mean, there's no question that there were chemical weapons years ago -- whether they were destroyed right before the war, (or) whether they're still hidden.

Maj. Gen. David Petraeus, Commander 101st Airborne
Press Briefing
May 13, 2003


Before the war, there's no doubt in my mind that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction, biological and chemical. I expected them to be found. I still expect them to be found.

Gen. Michael Hagee, Commandant of the Marine Corps
Interview with Reporters
May 21, 2003


Given time, given the number of prisoners now that we're interrogating, I'm confident that we're going to find weapons of mass destruction.

Gen. Richard Myers, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff
NBC Today Show interview
May 26, 2003


They may have had time to destroy them, and I don't know the answer.

Donald Rumsfeld
Remarks to the Council on Foreign Relations
May 27, 2003


For bureaucratic reasons, we settled on one issue, weapons of mass destruction (as justification for invading Iraq) because it was the one reason everyone could agree on.

Paul Wolfowitz
Vanity Fair interview
May 28, 2003

It was a surprise to me then — it remains a surprise to me now — that we have not uncovered weapons, as you say, in some of the forward dispersal sites. Believe me, it's not for lack of trying. We've been to virtually every ammunition supply point between the Kuwaiti border and Baghdad, but they're simply not there.

Lt. Gen. James Conway, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force
Press Interview
May 30, 2003

Do I think we're going to find something? Yeah, I kind of do, because I think there's a lot of information out there."

Maj. Gen. Keith Dayton, Defense Intelligence Agency
Press Conference
May 30, 2003

Or they could have been moved to Syria. I sure don't want to know when one is dropped on my head.

Should our government wait until we are attacked with nuclear or chemical weapons or act before that happens? If Bush waited and we were attacked what would you be saying. Oh wait. You may not be alive to say.

Any one would say protect yourself first. It's our government's job to protect it's citizens first. I'm sorry the terrorists made Iraq it's stronghold and those people have to suffer for it. They are good at hiding in with school children and old sick people to get away. The cowards. They don't run a war fair so we can't run a war fair. What ever is fair in a war anyway.

Moved to Syria? My dear, Powell showed us photo's to the UN showing the exact location of all these WMDs. China has nukes, North Korea has nukes, Iran may have nukes. Russia has nukes. When do you want Bush to start attacking those countries to protect us?

Originally Posted by janelle

Or they could have been moved to Syria. I sure don't want to know when one is dropped on my head.

Should our government wait until we are attacked with nuclear or chemical weapons or act before that happens? If Bush waited and we were attacked what would you be saying. Oh wait. You may not be alive to say.

Any one would say protect yourself first. It's our government's job to protect it's citizens first. I'm sorry the terrorists made Iraq it's stronghold and those people have to suffer for it. They are good at hiding in with school children and old sick people to get away. The cowards. They don't run a war fair so we can't run a war fair. What ever is fair in a war anyway.

Actually I think Russia is the biggest threat of all. I am not saying that they are the enemy, but they have massive quantities of weapons that are not all that secured and could be more easily stolen by terrorists.

Originally Posted by Njean31

Russia does not appear to be a threat anymore......check this out, it's in today's newspaper~it's a trip AND it's at the base i grew up 2 minutes from~

Condor lands at Pope

By Laura Arenschield
Staff writer


Staff photo by Marc Hall
A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter is loaded onto a Antonov AN-124 Condor transport aircraft Thursday at Pope Air Force Base.


One of the largest airplanes in the world landed at Pope Air Force Base on Thursday to pick up five helicopters for peacekeepers in Egypt.

The Russian Antonov AN-124 Condor is scheduled to leave today for the Sinai Peninsula, where 1st Corps Support Command troops are stationed to help enforce a peace treaty between Egypt and Israel.

COSCOM troops are helping the Multinational Force and Observers, independent peacekeeping forces with two camps in Sinai, Egypt. The Multinational Force and Observers operate about 30 checkpoints along the Sinai Peninsula to make sure Egypt and Israel keep the peace.

On Thursday, the plane’s Russian crew and U.S. Air Force and Army personnel loaded five UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters into the belly of the plane.

The Black Hawks will replace the UH-1H Huey helicopters peacekeepers are using for transportation, to resupply observational outposts, for medical emergencies and for rescue missions.

The Condor is the only plane in the world large enough to carry five Black Hawks, said Army Capt. Sonise Lumbaca.

The U.S. Air Force’s C-5 Galaxy is comparable to — and longer than — the Condor. But the C-5 does not have as much cargo space and cannot hold as much weight.

The only plane bigger than the Condor is the Russian An-225 Mriya Cossack, designed to transport the Russian space shuttle, according to the Federation of American Scientists.

On Thursday, Gen. Virgil L. Packett II, the acting commander of Fort Bragg, climbed inside the Condor’s cargo area and watched as load crews pulled the helicopters in through an opening in the front.

Packett said the operation — moving the Black Hawks to the Sinai Peninsula with a Russian cargo plane — symbolized international cooperation for peace between Egypt and Israel.

He said the Black Hawks, which had been painted from combat colors to the peacekeepers’ orange and white, showed the military’s commitment to upgrading equipment.

“Who would have ever thought the United States of America would be using a Russian aircraft to achieve our aviation transformation?” he asked.

Army Staff Sgt. Joe Martini said the military is planning to send three more Black Hawks to the Sinai peacekeepers in January. He said he does not know if the military will need the Condor for that trip.

He stood on the tarmac and looked up at the plane.

“Pretty much, the Condor is the Russian equivalent of our C-5,” Martini said. “But I’m always impressed when I see something this big that can fly.”
Staff writer Laura Arenschield can be reached at [email protected] or at 486-3572.






Copyright 2005 The Fayetteville (NC) Observer

Originally Posted by excuseme

Moved to Syria? My dear, Powell showed us photo's to the UN showing the exact location of all these WMDs. China has nukes, North Korea has nukes, Iran may have nukes. Russia has nukes. When do you want Bush to start attacking those countries to protect us?

Whenever they start rattling their swords at us and trying to attack us. I give Bush permission to pre-empt their attack. Go get them Bushy. Yea.

I think Showtime is going to have a movie on that very subject. Geesh, how responsible if that? Showing people what could happen here and showing how it can be done.