Is Chlorine the WMD that Bush attacked Iraq over?

Question

Thank you Bush for saving my eyes from turning red in my swimming pool...

I'm joining (below) I did four years and got out as a Staff Sgnt. I was in SAC (when they existed)

Bret (below) Is refering to the forged Niger/Uranium document Bush used to sell his war. How smart.

Bret (below) Althoug we don't agree, your input is appreciated.

Answer 1

Chlorine is one of the substances that can be converted to use as a WMD. I work for a company that sells chlorine, as well as other gases that could be used to make weapons, and we have a security plan in place to prevent this kind of occurrence.

Chlorine is an essential chemical used in the purification of water. Every country in the world possesses it, and it's not illegal. It was used as a WMD in WWI, but was largely abandoned in that application because of it's relatively poor effectiveness.

Claims that chlorine is a WMD in and of itself, or that this proves that Iraq possesses WMD because they have chlorine are disingenuous at best, and these claims indicate a true lack of understanding on the part of those who make them.

I blame the educational system for the general lack of understanding of science in general that leads to such absurd statements. Or perhaps, it's just a lack of inteligence on the part of those who make such claims

Answer 2

We were told Iraq had huge stockpiles of chemical weapons ready for deployment at a moments notice. Not chlorince, which is as common as dirt all over the world, but nerve gas. The troops were told to be prepared for the possible use of these weapons during the invasion.

They were not used. They were never found. Some still insist they really were there, as Bush did for months after the invasion. To which the obvious question should be: Why have we spent half a trillion dollars, only to scatter these supposed WMDs half way to god knows where, into the hands of god knows who? Saddam never dared to use them, if he had them. Who has them now, thanks to this expensive war? If they DO exist, how can you possibly say the war has improved the situation?

If you want to insist that this was really just a "preemptive" war all along, despite what we were told by Bush, by Powell, then fine, it is just one more attempt to spin a gross, obvious and hysterical waste of money into the likeness of a sucesss of some sort. You could as easily "justify" the "preemptive" invasion of any country you care to pick, based on the fear that they "might" develop "some kind of weapon, someday."

This is not leadership, its cowardice, and the excuse of cowardice.

Answer 3

No.

Bush didn't attack Iraq over any WMD he HAD, but over the ones we didn't want him to ever get.

Seems to have worked, absolutely, irrefutably. Saddam Hussein will absolutely, positively, NEVER have a nuclear weapon. Ever.

Is there anyone stupid enough to debate THAT FACT?

And Bush never said Saddam HAD WMD's (in the form of nuclear weapons), only that he was trying to GET them.

Although, he most certainly DID have other WMD's in the form of sarin and Mustard gas, ask any Iranian.

CHI: I wouldn't have needed that document, forged or otherwise, to believe that, given enough time, Saddam most certainly would have tried his darnedest to get nuclear weapons. Nuclear weapons are the dictators "Hole card", securing his position, and his governments position, in the world. And we most certainly didn't go to war because of one single piece of evidence, smarty pants. No rational person thinks that, and certainly not me. I said we should take Saddam out in 1989, and said we would all the time between 89 and 2003. I always said we were waiting for an excuse. He was a threat to regional stability and the free flow of oil. I believed that then, and still do.

Gemini: Correct, basically. And no better reason I know of.

Sgt 524: Also correct. Love it. Also was used recently in a terrorist attack in Japan (6 years ago).

People ought to do their homework. It is known as the "poor man's WMD of poor mans WMD's!"

Answer 4

If you don't give me one million dollars I will use my weapon of mass destruction and attack targets in the Southern California area. Yes thats right, I went to the supermarket and got a case of Chlorox. I will start lobbing the bottle at malls and Jamba Juice outlets if you don't meet my demands. Plus I want a naked picture of Bea Arthur.

Answer 5

Yes, its is proof they have WMD, but even more examples of WMD have already been found. The reasons the president have given for the war have all been proven correct. libs lie and try to rewrite history, but they're morons.

Answer 6

Ha Ha Ha.... that is what Saddam was cleaning his toilets and swimming pools out with at his Palaces.

Answer 7

well said m8
i gotta thank howard here for doing the same to me
we gotta thank bush for keeping our eyes open
get it
keeping our eyes open

Answer 8

LOL!!! Good one.

What's even funnier is that people here still believe that Saddam had WMDs!!!! LMAO!!!!

Answer 9

Chlorine is a poison gas that was used in WW1. It can be deadly.

Answer 10

no but that would make a better excuse wouldn't it?

btw what rank were you in the USAF?