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Originally Posted by Seta-San

lol. even the UNs weapons inspectors said that sadam had them before the war.

Nope. The inspectors never said they found anything - that was the US's assumption.

Perricos [acting head of the United Nations weapons inspection program] said recent U.S. inspections have confirmed what U.N. inspectors believed in early 2003 -- that the chemical and biological weapons and components that Iraq once possessed were destroyed, either by Iraqi officials or U.N. teams, after the 1991 Gulf War. An UNMOVIC report to be released today says Iraq most likely had no banned weapons after 1994.

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0302-05.htm

Next.

Originally Posted by Seta-San

What about the Gas he used to kill the kurds?

I believe you're referring to the 1988 incident, in which Iraqi and Iranian armies fought near the town of Halabja. According to Stephen C. Pelletiere, the CIA's senior political analyst on Iraq during the 1980s, the only thing we know for sure is that

Kurds were bombarded with poison gas that day at Halabja. We cannot say with any certainty that Iraqi chemical weapons killed the Kurds. Iraq used chemical weapons to try to kill Iranians who had seized the town ... The Kurdish civilians who died had the misfortune to be caught up in that exchange. *But they were not Iraq's main target.*

http://www.informationclearinghouse....rticle1779.htm

Of course, this whole point is entirely academic; this incident took place in 1988, remember, before the first Gulf War, and, therefore, prior to the first WMD roundup. Whether or not he had WMD in 1988 is irrelevant. What matters is whether or not he had WMD in 2003.

Originally Posted by Seta-San

Bush did the brave thing and put his political future on the line to rid the world of Sadam. I personally would like to see him president again, and i'll vote to that effect.

What part about the invasion was brave? Was he out in the desert with his troops? What part involved a risk to his political future? The invasion of Iraq was calculated to improve his reputation as being tough on national security. Bush's approval rating jumped about 15% at the invasion of Iraq (http://www.debris.com/journal/812); it's only now that the whole thing has become such a mess (which was NOT predicted) that his approval rating is tanking.

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