Happy Coronation! The Madness of King George (Warning - Graphic)

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"It's official: Weapons of mass destruction are nowhere to be found". Congratulations George. Congratulations war supporters.



The Bush administration has admitted that Saddam Hussein probably had no weapons of mass destruction.



Senior officials in the Bush administration have admitted that they would be "amazed" if weapons of mass destruction (WMD) were found in Iraq.



Ironically, the claims came as US President George Bush yesterday repeatedly justified the war as necessary to remove Iraq's chemical and biological arms which posed a direct threat to America.



Bush claimed: 'Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction. We will find them.'



The senior US official added that America never expected to find a huge arsenal, arguing that the administration was more concerned about the ability of Saddam's scientists -- which he labeled the 'nuclear mujahidin' -- to develop WMDs when the crisis passed.



Now, however, according to the US official, pre-emptive action is justified against a nation which simply has the ability to develop unconventional weapons. http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0504-10.htm & http://www.sundayherald.com/33628



Bush now says that despite the findings, the decision to go to war was the right one and that the war is ``absolutely'' worth the effort. These words, unfortunately, tell more about the president's confidence than about his judgment. When the lives of U.S. soldiers are at stake and the president advances a new policy of preemptive war, it is imperative that the president's judgment and evaluation of evidence be accurate. http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/newssentinel/news/editorial/10665035.htm



By KATHERINE PFLEGER SHRADER Associated Press writer
January 13, 2005

WASHINGTON - The White House acknowledged Wednesday its hunt for Iraqi weapons of mass destruction - a two-year search costing millions of dollars - has closed down without finding the stockpiles President Bush cited as a justification for overthrowing Saddam Hussein.

Bush's spokesman said the president had no regrets about invading Iraq. http://www.courierpress.com/ecp/news/article/0,1626,ECP_734_3467116,00.html


Guests: Dan Bartlett, counselor to President Bush; Rep. Rahm Emanuel, D-Ill., Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee chairman

MR. RUSSERT: You voted--you said you would have voted for the war if you had been in Congress.

REP. EMANUEL: Right.

MR. RUSSERT: Now, knowing that are no weapons of mass destruction, would you still have cast that vote?

REP. EMANUEL: Yes. Well, you could have done--well, as you know, I didn't vote for it. I still believe that getting rid of Saddam Hussein was the right thing to do,

MR. RUSSERT: So even knowing there are no weapons of mass destruction, you would still vote to go into Iraq?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6832586

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1. I Don't Know Much About Emanuel

but have read posts that praised him , here on DU. He is quoted, in this interview, as saying he would have voted for war anyway, as Saddam needed to be removed, Sounds like he has some splainin' to do.

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2. "Who cares what you think" (bush*).....

don't bother me with that....I'm having a CORONATION....

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3. why would he waste his beautiful mind on that?

sigh, for all the wasted lives....