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Whether or not WMD materials are ever found is immaterial.
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I completely disagree. Why is it immaterial? This was how the war was originally sold to us.
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If memory serves me I think there have been a couple of people that have been detained for having links to "al Qaeda" and I believe a training camp was destroyed in the North that had links to "al Qaeda". Whether or not my memory serves me well...is immaterial.
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If my memory serves correctly (and I could be wrong) we were shown satellite images before the war of so called training camps in Northern Iraq. I never heard anything more about what they were.
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The invasion of Iraq was for multiple reasons and WMD materials and "al Qaeda" members or those that have links with "al Qaeda" were just a couple of those reasons and in my opinion not on top of the list of reasons.
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These were the reasons that Bush started with and then we conveniently started hearing about how brutal Saddam was and it was about liberating the Iraqi's. Funny how the media doesnt say much about how the Iraqi's don't want us there and are revolting.
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It is ridiculous to keep repeating the President said this or the President said that. There has not been a President in my life time that has told the truth...the whole truth...and nothing but the truth...and anyone that pays attention is aware of this...and I assume that the same applies to every leader of every country.
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Sure every president (or politician for that matter) lies. But there is a HUGE difference between lying about a blow job and lying to invade a country.
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In addition Iraq is a fair sized country...with lengthy borders...ports and a poputlation of 27,000,000. Easy to hide materials...easy to export materials...easy for people to hide among the population...or leave the country.
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That is true. But Bush claimed US intelligence had "undeniable evidence" that there were WMD. When the war started Rumsfeld claimed "its just a matter of time" before they found them, and now today Rumsfeld is saying they were probably destroyed before the war. Does that really make much sense to you? If you are a leader of a country that is about to be invaded why the hell would you destroy your weapons?