Iraq War

Leftists want to pretend they had nothing to do with the Iraq War. History (and these quotes) begs to differ. Revisionist leftists want to pretend they had nothing to do with the Iraq War. History (and these quotes) begs to differ. ℹ️ Info           ~ Aristotle Sabouni

🗒️ Note:

Remember, later, George W. Bush was shown MORE evidence of Saddam WMD's program, not less. So Bush had MORE reason to believe it, than these folks. He had the world's intelligence agencies telling him it existed, and he had a choice, to ignore all these democrats and the world intelligence agencies advice on Iraq, and if Iraq did anything bad, they'd all blame him for inaction. Or he could listen to his advisors, like Congress, Senate, and heads of opposition party that were screaming, "Off with his head", then later pretended they had nothing to do with the saber rattling before we went to War.

I despise revisionist history.

The Democrats pretending that they were poor innocent lambs, deceived by the evil George Bush or NeoCons, turns my stomach with the sour taste of hypocrisy.

The Democrats argument seems to be that Bush was the smartest human on the earth. Years before he was running for President, he went and got Democrats to admit all these things about how Saddam had a WMD program, and was a threat to world peace, so that when he was elected, and there was a 9/11, he could use that as justification for war? Either that, or what happened is the Democrats saw the same intelligence reports that Bush was saw later, and with less evidence of WMD's, they all felt confident enough to state that Saddam/Iraq had WMD's and was a threat.

Here is a small sampling of quotes leading up to the war.

❝ Iraq is a long way from USA 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 ℹ️ Feb 18, 1998

❝ [Saddam] will use those weapons of mass destruction again, as he has ten times since 1983. ❞ ~ Sandy Berger ℹ️ Clinton National Security Adviser (Feb, 18, 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 Bill Clinton ℹ️ Feb. 17, 1998

❝ I share the administration's goals in dealing with Iraq and its weapons of mass destruction. ❞ ~ Dick Gephardt (D) ℹ️ September of 2002

❝ We know that [Saddam] has stored secret supplies of biological and chemical weapons throughout his country. ❞ ~ Al Gore ℹ️ Sept. 23, 2002

❝ There is no doubt that ... Saddam Hussein has invigorated his weapons programs. Reports indicate that biological, chemical and nuclear programs continue a pace and may be back to pre-Gulf War status. In addition, Saddam continues to redefine delivery systems... ❞ ~ Sen. Bob Graham (D, FL,) and others ℹ️ Letter to President Bush (December 5, 2001)

❝ Men often oppose a thing merely because they have no agency in planning it, or because it may have been planned by those whom they dislike. ❞ ~ Alexander Hamilton ℹ️ Pointing out the obvious...

❝ The community of nations may see more and more of the very kind of threat Iraq poses now: a rogue state with weapons of mass destruction, ready to use them or provide them to terrorists. If we fail to respond today, Saddam and all those who would follow in his footsteps will be emboldened tomorrow. ❞ ~ Bill Clinton ℹ️ 1998

❝ We have known for many years that Saddam Hussein is seeking and developing weapons of mass destruction. ❞ ~ Sen. Ted Kennedy (D, MA) ℹ️ Sept. 27, 2002

❝ I will be voting to give the President of the United States the authority to use force... 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. ❞ ~ Sen. John F. Kerry (D, MA) ℹ️ Oct. 9, 2002

❝ We urge you... to take necessary actions, including... 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. ❞ ~ Levin, Daschle, Kerry, and others ℹ️ Senate Letter to President Clinton (Oct. 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. ❞ ~ Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D, CA) ℹ️ Dec. 16, 1998

❝ Whether one agrees or disagrees with the Administration's policy towards Iraq, I don't think there can be any question about Saddam's conduct. 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. He lies and cheats; he snubs the mandate and authority of international weapons inspectors; and he games the system to keep buying time against en- forcement of the just and legitimate demands of the United Nations, the Secu- rity Council, the United States and our allies. Those are simply the facts. ❞ ~ Henry Waxman ℹ️ Oct 10, 2002

Conclusion

This is a small sampling of enthusiasm on the left for the Iraq War.

If you think the blood stains the hands of the right, then you should remember that the left was as vocal, if not more so, in support of the war and in fact in pushing Bush and Republicans into Iraq. I won’t give them a free ride and chance to rewrite history as the party that was against the war. Once in the war, they tried to blame the other side and vilify Bush and pretend they had nothing to do with it. That shows they are liars.

We as a society should hold hypocrites more accountable than those who make sincere mistakes, because at least the latter owns their errors and stands a chance to learn from it. If you accept no responsibility, then there is no ability to grow from the mistake.

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👁️ See also

• Iraq War - Disagree with American policy or bumbling implementations of that policy. Be anti-war. Just be honest and consistent
• Iraq had nothing to do with 9-11 - The war on Islamic terror didn't start on 9/11 and wasn't about Osama Bin Laden, they were symptoms of something bigger.
• Preemptive War - Iraq was the first preemptive war except for all the others.
• Legality of Iraq war - No war is legal or illegal, there's only moral or immoral -- and all wars are immoral (some just more than others).
• Give it more time... - Some have said we should have waited for France or the U.N. to change their minds, or for sanctions to work...
• Violence never solved anything - Some say war/violence is wrong or that it never solves anything. It ended many wars and most mass murderers just fine.
• Bush lied - Bush didn't lie: the world's intelligence disagreed on specifics, but all agreed that Saddam was trying to get WMD's.
• Valerie Plame - Ex-CIA agent lies that she was outted by Bush Admin. Media perpetuates the lies for years.
• Quotes/Iraq War - Leftists want to pretend they had nothing to do with the Iraq War. History (and these quotes) begs to differ.
• Muslims can't do democracy - Muslims aren't capable of a successful democracy".
• Iraq/Set a date for withdrawal - Some claimed we should set a hard date and pull out of Iraq. That's stupid. Never telegraph your moves to the opposition.
• America made Saddam - During the mid 2000's it was popular among the dim of wit, and big of mouth, to claim that Saddam was created by America.
• Iraq is because of Israel-Palestine - Israel/Palestine is a convenient scapegoat for all problems in the middle east. But only rubes buy it as the root problem.
• Iraq is because of oil - All the time I hear people say that the U.S. invaded Iraq because of oil, money, or some other dumber reason. Oil is not a dumb reason.
• The U.S. targeted innocents - I’m flabbergasted that such stupidity is ever said, let alone how often I’ve heard it repeated.
• Iraq War Costs - Everything comes with costs, action or inaction. The price of war, the price of peace.
• Patriot Act - The 2002 version doens't bug me, what it might devolve into does. (Is it a slippery slope).
• Halliburton - NYT invented “evil conspiracy” to pay off a company for cheating us. The rubes believed it.
• Guantanamo - The left made a big deal about Guantanamo, where we had the right to treat people far worse than we did.
• Abu Ghraib - Abu Ghraib was one small group of U.S. Soldiers that something bad things, were caught and punished quickly.
• Security in Iraq - Militarily Iraq was one of the greatest successes in the history of mankind. Sociologically? We'll see.
• Americans are imperialists - People that say Americans are imperialists don’t understand America (or what imperialism means).
• Iraq's impact on Terrorism - Poverty doesn't cause terrorism; totalitarianism and a lack of control does.
• We should have done nothing - Of course we can’t know if doing nothing is ever the better choice or not. But we can look at some facts.

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Quotes Life is a finite series of notable quotables.

Iraq Republic of Iraq, in Western Asia, borders Turkey, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Jordan and Syria.

War War, what is it good for? Democrats seem to like is as a tool for dividing us. (Imagined Imperialism).

Falsehoods Iraq War Falsehoods (things that just aren't true).

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