Religions > Atheism > AWOL's Reason #24 For Invading Iraq (The First 23 Weren't Credible Enough. But Then Again, Neither is This One)
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AWOL's Reason #24 For Invading Iraq (The First 23 Weren't Credible Enough. But Then Again, Neither is This One) |
http://blog.johnkerry.com/rapidresponse/archives/003309.html#003309
BREAKING NEWS!: CONDI ANNOUNCES 24TH IRAQ RATIONALE
HOT OFF THE PRESSES: SADDAM’S “INSATIABLE APPETITE”: It's obviously a
risk but I think to say that this was a greater risk now than before
Saddam Hussein was out of power simply doesn't face the fact that
Saddam Hussein had an insatiable appetite for weapons of mass
destruction. He had an unflinching hatred for the United States. He
had every reason to cooperate with our enemies. This was a gathering
and growing threat and it was time to take care of it.” [Condi Rice,
Fox News Sunday, October 10, 2004]
PREVIOUS REASONS:
1. War On Terror: “But no terrorist state poses a greater or more
immediate threat to the security of our people and the stability of
the world than the regime of Saddam Hussein in Iraq.” [Testimony of
U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld before the House Armed
Services Committee regarding Iraq, Rayburn House Office Building
(Washington, D.C.), 9/18/02]
2. WMD: “His regime has amassed large clandestine stocks of biological
weapons, including anthrax and botulism toxin and possibly smallpox.
His regime has amassed large clandestine stockpiles of chemical
weapons, including VX and sarin and mustard gas.” [Rumsfeld Testimony,
9/18/02]
3. Denied Access to Inspectors: “His regime has in place an elaborate,
organized system of denial and deception to frustrate both inspectors
and outside intelligence efforts.” [Rumsfeld Testimony, 9/18/02]
4. Regime Change: “The president also, however, is committed to regime
change” [Testimony of U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell before the
Foreign Operations, Export Financing And Related Programs Subcommittee
Of The House Appropriations Committee, 2/13/02]
5. Saddam Hussein is Evil: “Iraq continues to flaunt its hostility
toward America and to support terror. The Iraqi regime has plotted to
develop anthrax and nerve gas and nuclear weapons for over a decade.
This is a regime that has already used poison gas to murder thousands
of its own citizens, leaving the bodies of mothers huddled over their
dead children. This is a regime that agreed to international
inspections, then kicked out the inspectors. This is a regime that has
something to hide from the civilized world. States like these and
their terrorist allies constitute an axis of evil.” [President George
W. Bush, State of the Union, 2/4/02]
6. Curry Favor with the Middle East: “Pat, if we assist in the
liberation of Iraq. If Iraqis are dancing in the streets, as they will
be when Saddam goes, that has--that has the potential to transform the
region in our favor,” [Richard Perle, MSNBC’s Hardball, 3/29/02]
7. Set an Example for Nations that Sponsor Terrorism: “The message is
very clear: If you give sanctuary to terrorists, you, yourself, are
put at risk. This president was the first president to base policy on
that assumption. If we now proceed, as I hope we will, and I know Pat
thinks we should, to go after Saddam Hussein in Iraq, then I think we
will have made it so clear to other states that are either supporting
terrorism or building weapons of mass destruction or both, that they
will change their policies. Up until now they've had no incentive.
There has been no pressure on them to refrain either from supporting
terrorism or for seeking weapons of mass destruction. We need to
change that situation.” [Richard Perle, MSNBC’s Hardball, 4/18/02]
8. Liberate Iraqis: “…the Iraqi people are repressed and are being
subjugated by that regime. There is no doubt in mind, but the
overwhelming majority are anxious to be liberated and be free of that
regime.” [Rumsfeld Testimony, 9/18/02]
9. Iraq’s Broken Promises: First, it's clear from the Iraqi regime's
11 years of defiance that containment has not led to their compliance.
To the contrary, containment is breaking down.” [Rumsfeld Testimony,
9/18/02]
10. Revenge: “After all, this [Saddam Hussein] is a guy that tried to
kill my dad.” [President George W. Bush, Remarks by the President at
John Cornyn for Senate Reception, 9/26/02]
11. Threat To the Region: “He threatens the regimes of his neighboring
countries frequently.” [Rumsfeld Testimony, 9/18/02]
12. Because We Can: “Saddam Hussein is loathed and detested, despised
by most of the people of Iraq. If we can not organize an effective
opposition to Saddam -- if we can not drive this tyrant from office,
than we can't do anything. And I believe if we do it and are
successful and we can be successful, we will be regarded as the
liberators of Iraq.” [Richard Perle, CNN’s Wolf Blitzer Reports,
11/6/01]
13. Unfinished Business: MR. PERLE: “Well, this specter of
house-to-house fighting in Baghdad has been raised again, as it was in
1991. It's one of the reasons why we failed to finish Saddam in '91,
which we should have done. The specter has been...” MR. RUSSERT: “But
you supported the president in '91.” MR. PERLE: Well, I thought it was
a bad idea to stop and leave the Republican Guard in place, because we
had them surrounded in the desert, and the sensible thing to do would
have been to force the disarmament of Iraq on that occasion, but we
didn't do it.” [NBC’s Meet the Press, 10/6/02]
14. For the Sake of History: “I'm a patient man. I intend to use all
the tools at our disposal. But for the sake of freedom, for the sake
of what's right, for the sake of a -- for the sake of history, we're
not going to let the world's worst leaders threaten America with the
world's worst weapons.” [President George W. Bush, Remarks by the
President at Elizabeth Dole for Senate Finance Dinner, 7/25/02]
15. Disarmament: “I think one other point I'd make before proceeding
is that there is obviously a misunderstanding on the part of those who
think that the goal is inspections. The goal isn't inspections, the
goal is disarmament. That is what was agreed to by Iraq. That is what
was understood by the United Nations.” [Rumsfeld Testimony, 9/18/02]
16. Commitment to Our Children: “…for the sake of freedom and peace,
if the United Nations will not deal with Saddam Hussein, the United
States and our friends will. (Applause.) We owe it to our children to
defend freedom. We owe it to our children and children elsewhere to
keep the peace.” [President George W. Bush, Remarks by the President
at Doug Forrester for Senate Event, 9/23/02]
17. Imminent Threat. “As we meet today, it's been almost four years
since the last U.N. inspectors set foot in Iraq, four years for the
Iraqi regime to plan, and to build, and to test behind the cloak of
secrecy. We know that Saddam Hussein pursued weapons of mass murder
even when inspectors were in his country. Are we to assume that he
stopped when they left? The history, the logic, and the facts lead to
one conclusion: Saddam Hussein's regime is a grave and gathering
danger.” [President’s Address to the U.N. General Assembly, 9/12/02]
18. Preserve Peace: “To assume this regime's good faith is to bet the
lives of millions and the peace of the world in a reckless gamble. And
this is a risk we must not take. … The conduct of the Iraqi regime is
a threat to the authority of the United Nations, and a threat to
peace.” [President’s Address to the U.N. General Assembly, 9/12/02]
19. Threat To Freedom: “If we fail to act in the face of danger, the
people of Iraq will continue to live in brutal submission. The regime
will have new power to bully and dominate and conquer its neighbors,
condemning the Middle East to more years of bloodshed and fear. The
regime will remain unstable -- the region will remain unstable, with
little hope of freedom, and isolated from the progress of our times.”
[President’s Address to the U.N. General Assembly, 9/12/02]
20. Link to al Qaeda: “The regime has long-standing and continuing
ties to terrorist organizations. And there are al Qaeda terrorists
inside Iraq.” [President George W. Bush, Remarks by the President on
Iraq-A Decade of Deception and Defiance, 9/26/02]
21. Iraq is Unique: “By its past and present actions, by its
technological capabilities, by the merciless nature of its regime,
Iraq is unique. As a former chief weapons inspector of the U.N. has
said, ‘The fundamental problem with Iraq remains the nature of the
regime, itself. Saddam Hussein is a homicidal dictator who is addicted
to weapons of mass destruction.’” [President George W. Bush, Remarks
by the President on Iraq, 10/7/02]
22. Relevance of the United Nations: “All the world now faces a test,
and the United Nations a difficult and defining moment. Are Security
Council resolutions to be honored and enforced, or cast aside without
consequence? Will the United Nations serve the purpose of its
founding, or will it be irrelevant?” [President’s Address to the U.N.
General Assembly, 9/12/02]
23. International Law: “And he has demonstrated time and again his
aggressive intent. One can argue as to what his development activities
are. One can argue as to what his stockpiles look like. One can argue
at the pace of development within Iraq of these terrible weapons. But
what is not arguable is that he is in violation of international law
and the international constraints that were placed upon him.”
[Secretary of State Colin Powell, Remarks upon Receiving the National
Committee on American Foreign Policy’s Hans J. Morgenthau Award,
9/12/02]
24. TODAY’S LATEST – “SADDAM HUSSEIN HAD AN INSATIABLE APPETITE FOR
WMD”: “It's obviously a risk but I think to say that this was a
greater risk now than before Saddam Hussein was out of power simply
doesn't face the fact that Saddam Hussein had an insatiable appetite
for weapons of mass destruction. He had an unflinching hatred for the
United States. He had every reason to cooperate with our enemies. This
was a gathering and growing threat and it was time to take care of
it.” [Condi Rice, Fox News Sunday, October 10, 2004]
NOTE: The Bush administration’s rationales for the war on Iraq were
originally identified by University of Illinois senior Devon M. Largo
in her senior honors thesis, “Uncovering the Rationales for the War on
Iraq: The Words of the Bush Administration, Congress, and the Media
from September 12, 2001 to October 11, 2002.”
[http://www.pol.uiuc.edu/news/largio_thesis.pdf]
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