major changes in bush* Iraq speech today (link to text)

[diamond14]

notice this new subtle shift to the NEW meme, which will now be repeated everywhere.....this is bush* new excuse for KILLING thousands of Iraqis and maiming/killing thousands of OUR Soldiers...

"THREATS OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION"....


also, more connection to saddam and 9/11, which everyone knows is a LIE...and much more rhetoric about pre-emptive attacks....and bush* push for continuous WAR.....


-snips-

The terrorists continue to plot against us. They still want to harm us. This nation will not tire, we will not rest until this threat to civilization is removed. (Applause.)

America and our friends have shown the world that we are serious about removing the threats of weapons of mass destruction. And the facts are becoming clearer. In Iraq, our survey group is on the ground, looking for the truth. We will compare what the intelligence indicated before the war with what we have learned afterwards. As the chief weapons inspector said, we have not yet found the stockpiles of weapons that we thought were there. Yet, the Survey Group has uncovered some of what the dictator was up to.

We know Saddam Hussein had the capability to produce weapons of mass destruction. He had the scientists and technology in place to make those weapons. We know he had the necessary infrastructure to produce weapons of mass destruction because we found the labs and dual use facilities that could be used to produce chemical and biological weapons. We know he was developing the delivery systems, ballistic missiles that the United Nations had prohibited. We know Saddam Hussein had the intent to arm his regime with weapons of mass destruction, because he hid all those activities from the world until the last day of his regime.

And Saddam Hussein had something else -- he had a record of using weapons of mass destruction against his enemies and against innocent Iraqi citizens. Knowing what I knew then, and knowing what I know today, America did the right thing in Iraq. (Applause.)

We had a choice: either take the word of a madman, or take action to defend the American people. Faced with that choice, I will defend America every time. (Applause.) September the 11th, 2001 was a lesson for America, a lesson I will never forget, and a lesson this nation must never forget. We cannot wait to confront the threats of the world, the threats of terror networks and terror states, until those threats arrive in our own cities. I made a pledge to this country; I will not stand by and hope for the best while dangers gather. I will not take risks with the lives and security of the American people. I will protect and defend this country by taking the fight to the enemy. (Applause.)


If some politicians in Washington had their way, Saddam Hussein would still be in power. All of the Security Council resolutions and condemnations would still be issued and still be ignored, scraps of paper amounting to nothing. Other regimes and terror networks, had we not acted, would have concluded that America backs down when things get tough. Saddam would still have his weapons capabilities, and life would sure be different for the Iraqi people. The secret police would still be making arrests in the middle of the night. Prisons and torture chambers would still be filled with victims. More innocent Iraqis would have been sent to mass graves. Because we acted, Iraq's nightmare is over. (Applause.) Their country, our country and the entire world are better off because the regime of Saddam Hussein is gone, and gone forever. (Applause.)


http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/02/20040205-7.html

[bluedog]

1. now hes saying they knew again?

We know Saddam Hussein had the capability to produce weapons of mass destruction. He had the scientists and technology in place to make those weapons. We know he had the necessary infrastructure to produce weapons of mass destruction because we found the labs and dual use facilities that could be used to produce chemical and biological weapons. We know he was developing the delivery systems, ballistic missiles that the United Nations had prohibited. We know Saddam Hussein had the intent to arm his regime with weapons of mass destruction, because he hid all those activities from the world until the last day of his regime.

[salin]

2. or choice three that the world supported... let UN weapons inspectors

continue their work to identify and dismantle weapons in Iraq.

Silly wabbit - he's thinking that there are only two answers in a one-dimensional world again...

[ewagner]

3. linked to Tenet's speech this AM

These are items Tenet mentioned this morning in his speech at Georgetown

He had the scientists and technology in place to make those weapons. We know he had the necessary infrastructure to produce weapons of mass destruction because we found the labs and dual use facilities that could be used to produce chemical and biological weapons.

Tenet said that they found "dual use facilities" that had not but could have been used to create chem/bio weapons

And Saddam Hussein had something else -- he had a record of using weapons of mass destruction against his enemies and against innocent Iraqi citizens.

Tenet said that he couldn't ignore Saddam's history

We know Saddam Hussein had the intent to arm his regime with weapons of mass destruction, because he hid all those activities from the world until the last day of his regime.

Tenet said that inside information indicated that Saddam wanted those capabilities.

Gee. Do you think the two speeches were coordinated? do ya think?

[diamond14]

5. bush: saddam had the INTENT to arm....with WMD (quote & link)

bush* said today:

"We know Saddam Hussein had the intent to arm his regime with weapons of mass destruction, because he hid all those activities from the world until the last day of his regime."


http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/02/20040205-7.html

[xxqqqzme]

7. yea, well I

WANT my mortgage paid off - so??????

[Mountainman]

4. He's saying we went over to kick a madman's ass before he kicked ours

Yet the madman had no legs but he was thinking about getting some legs so therefore we were justified in kicking his ass and everyone is better of because we did. Now the madman will never be able to get legs. And 9/11 proved to us that we could get our asses kicked so if we kick enough ass no one will ever be able to kick ours again. So we must spend the rest of our lives kicking ass.

Tough talk will get me four more years.

[xxqqqzme]

6. which madman would that be?

I thought the US WAS making arrests in the middle of the night - have we stopped? One thing squatter isn't lying about - life really IS different 4 the Iraqi people.