Isn't it sad that there are still people who think Saddam had ties with Al Qaeda and was involved in 9/11?

Question

Even though this giant lie of Cheney's has been thoroughly refuted by multiple investigations by the Senate and the Pentagon?

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/04/06/344/
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/usiraqqaeda

Pentagon report says no link between Saddam and Al-Qaeda
Fri Apr 6, 11:46 AM ET
WASHINGTON (AFP) -Interrogations of Saddam Hussein and seized documents confirmed the former Iraqi regime had no links with Al-Qaeda, a Pentagon report said Friday, contradicting the US case for the 2003 invasion.

A two-page resume of the report was published in February, but on Friday the Pentagon declassified the whole 120-page document.

According to the inspector general of the US Defense Department, information obtained after Saddam's fall confirmed the prewar position of the Central Intelligence Agency and Pentagon intelligence that the Iraqi government had had no substantial contacts with Al-Qaeda.

This position was shored up by interrogations of Saddam, the former Iraqi president and other top officials captured by the US-led coalition forces in Iraq, the report said.

Answer 1

It is very sad that we let the propaganda machine control the minds of the general public.
If we are to ever be truly free we must regain control of our minds. This may sound ridiculous to some, but it is a simple fact. We are and have been conditioned to think inside a box. In fact we learned most of it from a box.
Technology has made it much easier to spread fear and propaganda. It also pushes ideals on us. Things are fast pace and generally people are more concerned about movie stars and game shows than the well being of our economy and our nation.
Many lies have been uncovered. Because the people of this nation have the attention span of a ferret on caffeine, we simply let them slide. We may subconsciously now the truth but we forget and revert back to what we were originally told. It is much easier to stick with a false belief than to acknowledge an inconvenient truth

Answer 2

It is a little sad. I wonder sometimes how they keep track between Cheney still tossing around the rhetoric to make sure the two stay connected in people's minds and the Pentagon and Bush saying outright there was never any connection. What do the Bushies (because they're the only ones who still believe it) say to themselves about it ? "Well, Bush did say there was no connection, and I normally believe everything he utters, but he might have been a little confused this time, I think I'll keep believing it anyway..."

I think part of it is that they don't want to face the facts that Al Queda is all over Iraq now because we opened the door right up and let them in. Easier to believe they were there the whole time I guess. Either way, yes, very sad.

Answer 3

what's spectacular is the responses that state that the troops are closest to the placement and understand greater effective than we do returned residing house related to Saddam's involvement in 9/11. Oy vey. the traditional troop on the floor isn't able to understand anymore than he's instructed appropriate to the political project in Iraq. Patrolling Baghdad does not supply them any particular perception into 9/11. On good of that, George Bush has pronounced greater effective than as quickly as that Saddam became no longer in contact.

Answer 4

Whats even more sad is the way some of the Dem "sweethearts" claimed the same thing! And this was long before President Bush was in office or 9/11 happened.
So which is it? President Bush lied, or the Dems sweethearts like Hillary, Kerry, Edwards lied long before Bush was in office?
Dems want their cake and eat it too!

Oh, and BTW, read the entire link thats attached....a good deal of it are quotes from 2002/2003, but a good deal of it is from 1998/99

Answer 5

the world may be a little bit safer if a lot of peaple or groups werent around, but anyone at any time could become an instant terrorist, one of our own, the federal building, anyone, anytime.

most of the ones trained for 911 were trained in saudi arabia, do we go after them?, russia cant handle freedom so there trying to go back to the hardcore ways, hey might as well take china out to, they might have a few religous extremest over there!!

Answer 6

It's even sadder that some people can't distinguish between AlQaeda and generic terrorism - it then becomes an argument of semantics and a moot point.
Is it terrorism for a government to reward the families of suicide bombers for slaughtering innocent men, women and children? How about using chemical weapons on your own citizens? Or routinely murdering any dissidents and accumulating mass graves?
You are obviously convinced that Saddam's ousting was based on a lie - and you are incorrect. Are you aware that is was the United States' official position that Saddam had to be removed during Clinton's last term? Needless to say, Clinton had better things to do. Bush, on the other hand, put America's security and safety above his political aspirations and legacy.

Answer 7

People now think Iran chops peoples heads off and are terrorists. It's also sad that people like to forget this little clip:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-972875032828177268&q=total+proof&total=162&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0

Answer 8

My husband and I had this conversation this afternoon. There is a huge difference between being a tyrant and a terrorist. He may not have been a good leader but what happened on 9/11 was not caused by him. Bush just used it as an excuse to finish what his daddy didn't. It is a horrible situation that I am afraid may take decades to resolve.

Answer 9

Some people just don't like to read the news...sadly enough. But it's always fun when they make that mistake in a conversation.

Answer 10

Isn't it even more sad that some people believe that Al Qaeda is the only terrorist group in the world? Or perhaps they believe that people killed by other groups ( such as the ones Saddam supported ) don't matter.