When Bush said we had reason to believe there were WMDs in Iraq?

Question

Both John Kerry and Ted Kennedy publically agreed with him. Why is Bush the only one getting ripped apart about it now? I'm sure he didn't even think of it himself, the CIA just had eveidence that Saddam had been creating a nuclear program in the late 80s and early 90s. Of course there is reason to believe that there are nuclear weapons there. Thats just what makes sense and that is why both democrats and republicans thought there were weapons there. I just don't see how its fair to blame everything on Bush and say he lied

Answer 1

BUT IRAN AND N. KOREA HAVE THEM RIGHT ******** NOW AND WE JUST SIT BACK AND DO NOTHING ABOUT IT

Answer 2

Because Democrats find it easier to blame the other guy.

It is easier to scream "Bush did it" than say, "the CIA, MI-6, Russian Intelligence, Mossad and every other intelligence agency got it wrong."

There was good reason to believe Saddam still had the weapons, but no one cares for truth or facts, they only care that they can rub it in, and then ignore the fact their boys (Kerry and Kennedy) agreed with Bush beacuse they are on the opposite side of the political fence.

Really what can you think of a party that openly accepts a traitor to his country and a drunken murderer to hold some of the most powerful posts in the country?

It has nothing to do with truth or facts it has to do with "it's your fault! not ours!"

Granted there are people in the right who act the same way.

Answer 3

Not only that, but I have a hard time believing that after throwing out the inspectors Saddam spent the next 5 years destroying all his WMD's & somehow hiding that from every intel service in the world. Congress had exactly the same access to intel that the president had & they drew the same conclusions. Tenet said WND's in Iraq were a slam dunk. Somehow people manage to twist this into "Bush lied". When their preconceptions are refuted by fscts, they chamge the facts.

Answer 4

The President relied on information given to him. It's a bit unfair to say he lied when he did not gather the information himself. He had others doing that for him, and he chose to believe them. Personally, it would not surprise me to find out that there were WMD;s, and that they were sent to Syria for storage. Syria is a tru trouble maker in that region. So, lets not pick on the President to much, if his sources lied to him, then why should he take the heat for something he did not know. If we expect him to be all knowing, then should we not expect that of ourselves as well. How many times have we believed what we were told, only to find it was in error. Do we want to be let off the hook of responsibility, of course we do. So lets give the President the benefit of that doubt. I feel that if there were WMD's there, they are in Syria now. The fact that nothing has been said that this might be true is not surprising. Syria isn't about to tell us, willingly, that Iraq had WMD's there and now they are in Syria. They might be hard headed and trouble makers, but they are overly stupid either.

Answer 5

This is easy...he (BUSH) is the ultimate decision maker for uf (Americans). Kerry/Kennedy did just as 80% of us Americans and believed a false story from our Commander in Chief. Now when they water started to spill over and it was found that we were mislead they backed off...Just as most Americans did...No one wants war, especiallys when there's no purpose for it! Bush's purpose was revenge and pride, in the mist of him upholding Dad's honor he slapped us all in the face. After four years and 3000 deaths how is it that there are still a few of YOU who can't see the deception?

Answer 6

The reasons given for invading Iraq were indeed overstated if not completely fabricated. James Risen, the New York Times national security correspondent highlights the following in his book, State Of War: The Secret History Of The CIA and The Bush Administration (Free Press):

The CIA and the president had overwhelming evidence that Iraq had no nuclear weapons programs during the run up to the Iraq war obtained from 30 scientists who had worked on the nuclear project. In fact, there was overwhelming evidence received from inside sources that Iraq had discontinued its nuclear program in 1992.

The false evidence used was provided by an Iraqi informant named Curveball, who was discovered to have fabricated to the story due to lack of corroboration and control by the CIA. The intelligence from Curveball formed the basis which was used to justify the invasion of Iraq. Members of the CIA were warned by the Germans for whom Curveball was the Iraqi intel source that Curveball was mentally unstable and had suffered a nervous breakdown. They also warned the CIA not to include information provided by the source as it was fabricated.

The CIA provided Iran with the blueprints and plans for its current nuclear program.

Before 9/11 the CIA warned that Osama Bin Laden was a threat to the United States but these intelligence reports were ignored and the annalists responsible for the reports were either sidelined or fired. These reports languished in storage for the last few months months of the Clinton administration and for a time under Bush's administration

Before the invasion of Iraq, a meeting was called with various CIA members, informing them that the invasion of Iraq was on Bush's agenda since the start of his time in office and that 9/11 had delayed it.

Answer 7

Its because its easy to blame everything on the president and ultimately the president takes the responsibility. But your right many people on these boards forget that there was overwhelming support for the war from both parties. And the people that believe bush manipulated the intelligence reports are living in fantasy land and dont know how our system works.

Answer 8

When a Navy ship goes down the Captain is to blame. Bush is top man so he gets all the blame. The war is based on lies so one will not blame the cook in the white house.

Answer 9

When Iraq was saying the truth and presented solid evidences that there were no WMD in Iraq but only in Bush mind.

Answer 10

Because the latest fad in America is to hate Bush for whatever reason, logical or not. People are also blaming Bush for the Iraq War, when the main reason that is keeping us there is because Congress votes every 30 days for it. Why is no one blaming them? Becaise they are to ignorant to know who they should actually blame instead of what's cool.

Answer 11

Bush claimed to have irrefutable evidence of wmds in Iraq. Kerry and Kennedy didn't agree with him they were not asked. Kerry and Kennedy did agree that if Saddam Hussein had wmd's was involved with 911 and was trying to make nuclear weapons than we should invade. As we all agreed in this country. The fact is Bush lied and deliberately mislead all of us into this war for profit. We have been defrauded.