Whole lotta lies and information in that post. Condi was also on CNN and stated "RICE: Oh, it was a top priority. We wanted to get Osama Bin Laden every single day. And there was a unit at the - the agency that worked on nothing else. "
Another lie by omission since the administration closed the department, as noted here on this thread.
FuzzNJ wrote:
I hope you realize that we have more than one agency out there looking to get bin Laden. Right?
Oh, and that we have more than one intelligence agency working in the US, right?
Iraq was not behind the first trade center bombing, that claim has been dismissed by all intelligence agencies and is only still being talked about by some right wing conspiracy nut woman who the Bush administration was using to sell the war. Can't remember her name atm.
FuzzNJ wrote:
Uhhhh...you do realize that there was more than one person who was shaltered by Iraq after the first World Trade Center Bombing? Right?
Oh yeah, and Iraq just gives out passports to anyone.
(Rolls eyes)
Touting what Iraq did in the 80's to justify invading the country in 2003 is really stupid and there is still arguments as to whether or not Saddamm gassed the Kurds (not his own people, but countrymen forced on Iraq by the West when they created borders) or if it was Iran during their long war. Still, chemical weapons were used, in 1988.
FuzzNJ wrote:
Yeah, that all makes sense now Fuzz. Saddam gassed the Kurds to make them leave!
You are such a genius!
Even if, IF Saddam had chemical weapons, he had no way of delivering them to kill Americans, and if he had them we would have found them and/or he would have used them as we invaded.
FuzzNJ wrote:
This is probably the stupidest thing you've said thus far.
Making mustard and sarin gas isn't all that difficult Fuzz. They've been doing that since WWI. It doesn't take a lot of effort.
What does take some effort is the development of rockets and artilley shells to deliver the gas.
So when we find...um...five hundred of those shells sitting out in a "forgotten" cache in the desert, realize that the shells can be a) re-used, and b) used as models to refabricate new shells (which they had the technology to produce prior to invasion).
Finally, you are aware of the stockpiling of chemical weapons suits, and aderenilin (sp:?) injectors by Iraq that the NYT reported on prior to the 2003 invasion? You do remember that Fuzz?
Or about all of the numerous chemical warfare suits they disvovered in Iraqi medical facilities post-invasion?
As for them not using chemical weapons, there are any number of reports from soem of Saddam's henchmen that the decision to not use chemical weapons was based partly on the fact that the US has nukes, and that we may decide to deply them should our troops get hit with chemical weapons.
Either way, this shows your gross ignorance on this subject.
"the enemy of my enemy is my friend' is pretty much our foreign policy for the last century at least. It is why we gave Iraq weapons and support for years because they were Iran's enemy. So to say Iraq and Iran were hooking up is a joke. Never happened, just as the Al-Qaeda 'hook up' never happened. But you did say 'imagine' so you only meant that as a 'scare' tactic, just like the Bush administration did?
FuzzNJ wrote:
Ummmm...Fuzz? The major suppliers of military aid to Iraq were Russia and France. We were bit players only during the Iran/Iraq war. And most of our support came in the form of intel.
But this was purchased at the price of his terrorist connections. Saddm had to boot out all of the terrorists he was hosting prior to our involvement.
All of this is well documented. Which explains why you're so completely ignorant on this subject, because you might actually have to read something that doesn't come direct from the Daily Kos.
I saw that interview with Condi. She wouldn't even entertain the idea of looking back knowing what we know now, nor look at the situation based on what the detractors at the time were saying. She would only comment on what information the administration was pushing and how they interpreted it at the time. From that prism, of course their steps look perfect, because they set up the parameters. Not how the world works.
Hindsight is usually 20/20, but in this case Condi is blind as a bat.
FuzzNJ wrote:
Pffth. You're a great one to talk when it comes to being either blind or ignorant.
O'Donnell got his a** handed to him. There was no way he could edit it to look otherwise.