In late January 2003, as Secretary of State Colin Powell prepared to argue the Bush administration's case against Iraq at the United Nations, veteran CIA officer Tyler Drumheller sat down with a classified draft of Powell's speech to look for errors. He found a whopper: a claim about mobile biological labs built by Iraq for germ warfare.
Drumheller instantly recognized the source, an Iraqi defector suspected of being mentally unstable and a liar. The CIA officer took his pen, he recounted in an interview, and crossed out the whole paragraph.
A few days later, the lines were back in the speech. Powell stood before the U.N. Security Council on Feb. 5 and said: "We have first-hand descriptions of biological weapons factories on wheels and on rails."
The sentence took Drumheller completely by surprise. President Bush knew these were lies and yet he allowed this information to be seen and heard by the American People. As a result we have lost 2,517 troops. This is sad for the USA.
2006-06-25 07:08:28 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Yes!
2006-06-25 07:19:59 · answer #1 · answered by The Idealist 4 · 4⤊ 3⤋
No.
By the way, were we supposed to respond in any way to 9-11? Should we continue to pursue the fight against Islamic Extremism or run home to Mommy? You have to look at the long term goals and, unfortunately, that will entail greater loss of life. We will never have our cake and eat it too.
We live in a world full of some very bad people with bad intent and they will not just go away.
2006-06-25 07:56:25 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Saddam violated the UN resolution and the Cease Fire agreement in spite of your citing. Does he have his own political agenda, after all the State Department and the CIA have had problems talking to the press. Whle your findings are old news rehashed, Saddam did have Sarin and Phosgene weapons. You could read about it on Fox but I don't think you could find the website.
2006-06-25 07:50:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes they should be ashamed but they are not, they are laughing all the way to the bank, every time that you fill up this summer just thank your lucky stars that the profit from that gas is going to a good cause, Bush and his buddy's.
2006-06-25 07:14:28 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They continue to lie and refuse to set a date to pull the troops out, why would they be ashamed?
2006-06-25 07:30:55 · answer #5 · answered by RainCloud 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bush ashamed of one of his many lies? You have to have a conscience to feel shame.
2006-06-25 07:15:34 · answer #6 · answered by Michael H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ashamed of what lies, boy
2006-06-25 07:20:19 · answer #7 · answered by Vagabond5879 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the better question is are YOU ashamed over THESE lies?
2006-06-25 07:54:14 · answer #8 · answered by Troy P 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
WHAT LIES WE FOUND SOME OF THE WMDS AROUND 500 OF THEM WHERE IS YOUR APOLOGY
2006-06-26 01:24:09 · answer #9 · answered by MIKE B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
many time over they should be ashamed
2006-06-25 07:14:13 · answer #10 · answered by idontkno 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋