On Sep 5, 8:31 pm, "Gig 601XL Builder" wrDOTgiaconaATsuddenlink.net
wrote:
Fred the Red Shirt wrote:





I disagree.

Saddam Hussein had no means with which to attack
the US, and knew from the bitter experience of the
Iraqi-Kuwaiti war that if he provoked us, the result would
be devastating. That is why when faced with imminent
invasion, he caved and allowed UNMOVIC full, unfettered
access, a level of cooperation characterized by Blix
as "unprecedented". Then we invaded anyhow.

What exactly do you think was pre-empted--a scud
missile attack on Chicago?

A threat to the US? He didn't even control the
Northern third of his own country! He couldn't
fly a military aircraft over or turn on a targetting
radar in two thirds of his won country without it
being shot down or blown up.

The worse he did outside of Iraq was promise
to pay some teenager's families if they went
over to Israel and blew himself up. That's pretty
foul but it pales in comparison to the actions
of the likes of Bashir.

FF

But he could have easlily moved some of those
mobile labs of the type that were found in Iraq

The Vatican could also easily be hiding a massive cache of
WMD. There is no evidence for that, just like there is no
evidence that Iraq shipped WMD to Iran.

The mobile labs found in Iraq had nothing to do with WMD.
So it really doesn't matter if he moved any anywhere now
does it?

and truck loads of WMD to Iran just as he bugged out most
of his air force during the '91 war.

How did he make them, magic? How did he destroy the evidence
of their manufacture, magic? Why is it that we have Iraqi nuclear
scientists and rocket scientists who came forward with bits
and pieces leftover from Iraq's nuclear and missile programs
but not one person has produced any evidence of WMD being
made in Iraq in the ten years before the invasion?

And finally, although Saddam Hussein was not known for his
military brilliance, can you suggest why he would ship his
most fearsome weapons to an other country, putting them
out of his reach, on the eve of invasion when he was about
to need them more than ever?

Why not accept the simplest explanation consistent with the
facts?

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FF