If the Whole WMD thing was a lie then how can you explain the 80lbs. of yellowcake that was removed after the first Gulf War and just recently transferred out of Iraq to Canada? One thing to remember the Clinton administration first identified Iraq/Saddam as the largest and most dangerous threat in the region because of Hussein's incessant pursuit of Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological weapons. Also he did have WMD's he used them on the Kurds in Northern Iraq after we left in the first gulf war. All Western nations were convinced that Hussein had WMDS or was vigorously pursuing them. Any how we did not go into Iraq because of Saddams having or pursuing these dangerous weapons. We went in because he refused to allow inspections and missed several final dates to comply over a period of 12 years. The WMD reason was a story fabricated by the now leaders of the Democrat Party and pounded into the publics head by the media so that Congressional control would be placed in their hands by a forgetful and mostly uninterested American public.
Collin Smith said:
Blowing the cover of any CIA undercover agent is treason. Period. When one considers that her husband was merely reporting what is now a certainty, that the 'yellowcake' story from Nigeria was, in fact, a lie, but was even used by Bush in his State of the Union Address in 2003, well, you can call it "bad intelligence" but irrational conservative apologists have no problems identify the previous President's statements about Monica as "lies", so, given all the above, why not be honest and admit the same of this one. Of course, the consequences are VERY different, but that gets back to taking responsibility, calling a spade a spade.
Saddam Hussein is indeed dead, but by EVERY measure, the amount of oil pumped, the amount of electric power produced, etc, Iraq is in much worse shape. One thing Conservatives might remember, these are the very descendants of the Lost Tribes of Israel. The Republican Party has done a great job of helping in death and destruction of these very people. To say nothing of women's rights in Iraq, which have plummeted since our invasion (see the first paragraph for just one of the lies that led to that).
It's funny how Republicans demand justice for those they deem wrong, but claim that, somehow, it can't be applied to them. They had good intentions. And the path to where is paved with those?