Do you understand that WMDs were needed to create urgency for Iraq attack?

[Democrats_win]

Without WMDs people might say, lets wait and fight the people who attacked on 9/11. But if Saddam had WMD's we needed to attack soon.

Now we know bush probably knew Saddam didn't have WMDs. In fact eh DSM proves they fabricated and intimidated America into believe their lie.

[TahitiNut]

1. Without WMDs, there was no "imminent threat."

Without an "imminent threat," there's no casus belli warranting a "preemptive attack." Without a casus belli, the US is guilty of a war crime and violation of several international treaties. In violating several international treaties, the Constitution was violated.

The Bushoilini Regime are a cabal of war criminals, deserving only of prosecution, conviction and life imprisonment for war crimes.

Until and unless we proceed to prosecute them, we are an outlaw nation.

[uppityperson]

2. Yes, of course most of us do. That is 1 reason we are so angry.

We were lied to and manipulated. We continue to be lied to and manipulated. The world is a worse place because of all this. Yes, of course we do. Welcome to DU. Keep reading, keep participating, keep learning, keep using your outrage for positive change.

[wookie294]

3. That's an excellent question

Everybody should be asking that question EVERYDAY until the troops come home from this idiot war. This war is based on lies. It's become a cliche' but it must be repeated: "Bush lied, soldiers died!" Bring the troops home, get the HELL out of there IMMEDIATELY. Withdrawing troops immediately will not harm America.....

Reagan’s war advisor said this: “We've pulled out of several places without achieving our objectives, and every time we predicted the end of Western civilization, which it was not. We left Korea after not achieving anything we wanted to do, and it didn't hurt us very much. We left Vietnam -- took us ten years to come around to doing it -- but we didn't achieve what we wanted. Everyone said it would set back our foreign policy in East Asia for ten years. It set it back about two months. Our allies thought we were crazy to be in Vietnam.” – Admiral William Crowe, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the 1980s.

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/_/id/6593163?pageid=rs.Politics&pageregion=single1&rnd=1117251574802&has-player=true&version=6.0.12.872

[seabeyond]

4. wmd's we NOT enough. why they had to go to mushroom cloud

drones and aluminum tubes. they were well aware that wmd's were not getting the people fearful enough. people knew they would not "get" us. and we didnt give a fuck about Israel or any of the other middle east countries close enough to iraq to be effected. that is why the yellow cake was so important to bushco. they knew they couldnt sell their plan otherwise

this is documented.