Netanyahu and the “right” there could just as well be declared the winners, well, they do want us to bomb Iran for them too. It IS time for the U.S. to get out of the Middle East “militarily” and try the Chinese approach in south Asia and Africa- find out what the countries want, and help them get it. It isn’t always the bombs and wars OUR right wing would have us believe.
^^Based on false and cherry-picked intelligence. The cartoon is so accurate that you wonder how Bush and the Neocons could have been so naive and stupid. Saddam’s downfall was preferring not to do business with the Americans, which ticked off the Neocons.
Just reviewed a seven year old tape from shows in 2003 showing how bad the “intelligence” was, and how badly the administration messed up- and the excuses they were making, and still make today– they look even stupider, and MORE incompetent and pre-programmed to failure in hindsight.
Interesting revision. To make a long story as short as possible:
Invading Kuwait was settled in the first Gulf war in 1991, twelve years earlier. That was not the reason for the second Gulf war which commenced March 2003.
Not honoring a cease fire was a non-issue. So he might, or might not have, fired on U.S. planes flying over his country and bombing and strafing Iraqi assets. No planes were shot down nor American lives lost.
He was not trying to convince anyone he had WMD. In fact in a CBS interview February 2003 with Dan Rather on 60 Minutes he denied over and over again he had WMD. The next day Ari Fleischer dismissed the interview as 60 minutes of lies.
Hans Blix’s, U.N. team of inspectors could find no WMD. Bush did not wait for the inspectors to finish and report before invading.
January 2003, Iraqi representative, Hassan al Obeidi was reported to have offered U.S. negotiator Hage to send in 2000 FBI agents to confirm no WMD. The U.S. response was that it was a non-starter.
Many NATO countries including France, Germany, and Canada; also Russia and NewZealand, strongly opposed the invasion on the basis there was no proof of WMD.
Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O’Neill reported that the invasion of Iraq was being planned from the time of Bush’s inauguration. 9/11 provided the excuse to invade.
The U.S. Congress approved use of force in 2002 on the basis of false evidence of WMD.
The U.N. did not formally approve the invasion, making it an illegal war of aggression under international law.
OmqR-IV.0 over 13 years ago
Very good.
Dtroutma over 13 years ago
Netanyahu and the “right” there could just as well be declared the winners, well, they do want us to bomb Iran for them too. It IS time for the U.S. to get out of the Middle East “militarily” and try the Chinese approach in south Asia and Africa- find out what the countries want, and help them get it. It isn’t always the bombs and wars OUR right wing would have us believe.
Simon_Jester over 13 years ago
That’s what happens when you get your pre-war intel by way of a guy who later turned out to be, ‘playing footsie’ with the Iranians
Especially if you wanted war with Iraq to begin with.
Gypsy8 over 13 years ago
^^Based on false and cherry-picked intelligence. The cartoon is so accurate that you wonder how Bush and the Neocons could have been so naive and stupid. Saddam’s downfall was preferring not to do business with the Americans, which ticked off the Neocons.
WarBush over 13 years ago
War is an expense. Plain and simple.
Dtroutma over 13 years ago
Just reviewed a seven year old tape from shows in 2003 showing how bad the “intelligence” was, and how badly the administration messed up- and the excuses they were making, and still make today– they look even stupider, and MORE incompetent and pre-programmed to failure in hindsight.
Gypsy8 over 13 years ago
Interesting revision. To make a long story as short as possible:
Invading Kuwait was settled in the first Gulf war in 1991, twelve years earlier. That was not the reason for the second Gulf war which commenced March 2003.
Not honoring a cease fire was a non-issue. So he might, or might not have, fired on U.S. planes flying over his country and bombing and strafing Iraqi assets. No planes were shot down nor American lives lost.
He was not trying to convince anyone he had WMD. In fact in a CBS interview February 2003 with Dan Rather on 60 Minutes he denied over and over again he had WMD. The next day Ari Fleischer dismissed the interview as 60 minutes of lies.
Hans Blix’s, U.N. team of inspectors could find no WMD. Bush did not wait for the inspectors to finish and report before invading.
January 2003, Iraqi representative, Hassan al Obeidi was reported to have offered U.S. negotiator Hage to send in 2000 FBI agents to confirm no WMD. The U.S. response was that it was a non-starter.
Many NATO countries including France, Germany, and Canada; also Russia and NewZealand, strongly opposed the invasion on the basis there was no proof of WMD.
Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O’Neill reported that the invasion of Iraq was being planned from the time of Bush’s inauguration. 9/11 provided the excuse to invade.
The U.S. Congress approved use of force in 2002 on the basis of false evidence of WMD.
The U.N. did not formally approve the invasion, making it an illegal war of aggression under international law.