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   From: alohacyberian@att.net   
      
   "Me"  wrote in message   
   news:srhi-7F2E50.16553712012004@comcast.ash.giganews.com...   
   > What are you talking about? There was a long trade embargo against Iraq.   
   > From what I have been hearing in the news lately, the embargo did prevent   
   > Saddam from building up his stash of WMD so it looks to me like this   
   > war was for nothing. Bush set out to find Saddam's WMD and retrieve them.   
   > That did not happen because Saddam had no WMD, as he claimed many times.   
   >   
   Was George W. Bush the only person who said Iraq had weapons of mass   
   destruction. Did anyone in the previous administration or opposition party   
   also make the same claim? How come Bush is wrong when he makes the claim and   
   the others aren't wrong? Or do you think we should take Saddam Hussein at his   
   word and ignore the comments of the following people: KM   
      
   "One way or the other, we are determined to deny Iraq the capacity to develop   
   weapons of mass destruction and the missiles to deliver them.   That is our   
   bottom line."   
    ~ President William Jefferson Clinton, February 4, 1998   
      
   "If Saddam rejects peace and we have to use force, our purpose is clear. We   
   want to seriously diminish the threat posed by Iraq's weapons of mass   
   destruction program."   
    ~ President William Jefferson Clinton, February 17, 1998   
      
   "Iraq is a long way from [here], but what happens there matters a great deal   
   here. For the risks that the leaders of a rogue state will use nuclear,   
   chemical or biological weapons against us or our allies is the greatest   
   security threat we face."   
    ~ Madeline Albright, February 18, 1998   
      
   "He will use those weapons of mass destruction again, as he has ten times   
   since 1983."   
    ~ Sandy Berger, Clinton National Security Adviser, February, 18, 1998   
      
   "[We urge you, after consulting with Congress, and consistent with the U.S.   
   Constitution and laws, to take necessary actions (including, if appropriate,   
   air and missile strikes on suspect Iraqi sites) to respond effectively to the   
   threat posed by Iraq's refusal to end its weapons of mass destruction   
   programs."   
    ~ Letter to President Clinton, signed by Senators Carl Levin, Tom Daschle,   
   John Kerry, et al October 9, 1998   
      
   "Saddam Hussein has been engaged in the development of weapons of Mass   
   destruction technology which is a threat to countries in the region and he   
   has made a mockery of the weapons inspection process."   
    ~ Representative Nancy Pelosi (Democrat CA), December 16, 1998   
      
   "Hussein has ... chosen to spend his money on building weapons of mass   
   destruction and palaces for his cronies."   
    ~ Madeline Albright, Clinton Secretary of State, November, 10, 1999   
      
   "There is no doubt that ... Saddam Hussein has reinvigorated his weapons   
   programs. Reports indicate that biological, chemical and nuclear programs   
   continue apace and may be back to pre-Gulf War status. In addition, Saddam   
   continues to redefine delivery systems and is doubtless using the cover of a   
   licit missile program to develop longer-range missiles that will threaten the   
   United States and our allies."   
   ~ Senator Bob Graham (Democrat FL,) et al, Letter to President Bush, December   
   5, 2001   
      
   "We begin with the common belief that Saddam Hussein is a tyrant and a threat   
   to the peace and stability of the region. He has ignored the mandate of the   
   United Nations and is building weapons of mass destruction and the means of   
   delivering them."   
    ~ Senator Carl Levin (Democrat MI), September 19, 2002.   
      
    "We know that he has stored secret supplies of biological and chemical   
   weapons throughout his country."   
    ~ Al Gore, September 23, 2002.   
      
   "Iraq's search for weapons of mass destruction has proven impossible to deter   
   and we should assume that it will continue for as long as Saddam is in   
   power."   
    ~ Al Gore, September 23, 2002   
      
   "We have known for many years that Saddam Hussein is seeking and developing   
   weapons of mass destruction."   
    ~ Senator Ted Kennedy (Democrat  MA), September 27, 2002   
      
   "The last UN weapons inspectors left Iraq in October of 1998. We are   
   confident that Saddam Hussein retains some stockpiles of chemical and   
   biological weapons, and that he has since embarked on a crash course to build   
   up his chemical and biological warfare capabilities. Intelligence reports   
   indicate that he is seeking nuclear weapons..."   
    ~ Senator Robert Byrd (Democrat  WV), October 3, 2002   
      
   "I will be voting to give the President of the United States the authority to   
   use force-- if necessary -- to disarm Saddam Hussein because I believe that a   
   deadly arsenal of weapons of mass destruction in his hands is a real and   
   grave threat to our security."   
    ~ Senator John F. Kerry (Democrat  MA), October 9, 2002   
      
   "There is unmistakable evidence that Saddam Hussein is working aggressively   
   to develop nuclear weapons and will likely have nuclear weapons within the   
   next five years ... We also should remember we have always underestimated the   
   progress Saddam has made in development of weapons of mass destruction."   
    ~ Senator Jay Rockefeller (Democrat  WV), October 10, 2002   
      
   "He has systematically violated, over the course of the past 11 years, every   
   significant UN resolution that has demanded that he disarm and destroy his   
   chemical and biological weapons, and any nuclear capacity. This he has   
   refused to do."   
    ~ Representative Henry Waxman (Democrat CA), October 10, 2002   
      
   "In the four years since the inspectors left, intelligence reports show that   
   Saddam Hussein has worked to rebuild his chemical and biological weapons   
   stock, his missile delivery capability, and his nuclear program. He has also   
   given aid, comfort, and sanctuary to terrorists, including al Qaeda members.   
   It is clear, however, that if left unchecked, Saddam Hussein will continue to   
   increase his capacity to wage biological and chemical warfare, and will keep   
   trying to develop nuclear weapons."   
    ~ Senator Hillary Clinton (Democrat NY), October 10, 2002   
      
   "We are in possession of what I think to be compelling evidence that Saddam   
   Hussein has, and has had for a number of years, a developing capacity for the   
   production and storage of weapons of mass destruction."   
    ~ Senator Bob Graham (Democrat FL), December 8, 2002   
      
   "[W]ithout question, we need to disarm Saddam Hussein. He is a brutal,   
   murderous dictator, leading an oppressive regime ... He presents a   
   particularly grievous threat because he is so consistently prone to   
   miscalculation ... And now he is miscalculating America's response to his   
   continued deceit and his consistent grasp for weapons of mass destruction ...   
   So the threat of Saddam Hussein with weapons of mass destruction is real ..."   
    ~ Senator John F. Kerry (Democrat MA), January 23. 2003   
      
   "But I also believe that after September 11th, the question is increasingly   
      
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