Was Cheney lying when he said "There is no doubt that Saddam has reconsituted his nuclear muffin program"?

Answer 1

No doubt about it. There never was any muffins.

Answer 2

Consider the timing and also look at Cheney's words carefully:

In February 2002, Joe Wilson, a former ambassador under the first President Bush, was asked by the CIA and other agencies to investigate claims that Iraq had attempted to buy uranium yellowcake from Niger. Wilson arrived in Niger on February 26, 2002. He said found the claims to be false and his reports to administration officials reflected that finding.

In a speech on August 26, 2002, Cheney said:

"Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction. There is no doubt he is amassing them to use against our friends, against our allies, and against us. And there is no doubt that his aggressive regional ambitions will lead him into future confrontations with his neighbors -- confrontations that will involve both the weapons he has today, and the ones he will continue to develop with his oil wealth."

On November 27, 2002, weapons inspections in Iraq by UN inspectors resumed.

Bombing of Iraq started in March of 2003.

In a July 6, 2003, opinion piece for the New York Times Wilson criticized President Bush for stating in his January 2003 State of the Union address that Iraq was seeking to buy nuclear material in Niger. Wilson wrote, "If my information was deemed inaccurate, I understand. If the information was ignored because it did not fit certain preconceptions about Iraq, then a legitimate argument can be made that we went to war under false pretenses."

Answer 3

Ah yes. Does a body good! Grandma always made the best plutonium popovers.

Julia Child at the White Sands test range: "Once we reach our critical pile of batter, we finish our Nagasaki Nutcakes by removing the metal rod toothpicks, putting on our welding glasses (ooops -- lead aprons on, ladies!), and watch them rise into that nice mushroom shape ... fluffy! 60 x 10^80 calories and 20,000 RADS apiece. Bon appetit!"

Mmmm. Reconstituted muffins.

So that's what the yellow cake was for -- a cornbread substitute.

And the "dual-use" bakery trucks and centrifuge blenders?

I think I heard a low grumbling monotone voice when I played a 2002 Meet the Press record backward:

"Paul is dead ... eat your muffins ... Saddam has some ... they're buttermilk with persimmons ... I tried one the other day and they ain't too shabby, really ... with a little duck and applesauce ... must've given him Lynne's recipes in the early '80s ... no, it's not a lie, because Judy Miller will print this ... Scooter tells me his love letter to her contains the code words, 'I will see you in the Western willows, unzip my pants, and feed you my dangerously explosive muff-muffs' ... with wine coolers ... Blix doesn't know about reconstituted carbohydrates since he site-samples only lutefisk and saltines at the Best Western Baghdad buffet ... let us not forget Mohammed Atta was the Most Masterful Muffin-Making Muslim Mullah Martyr of the Millenium ... mostly. ... We have a choice ... we can let rolls, biscuts, hotcakes, bread sticks, and assorted dinner crackers into the hands of evildoers ... and have them bring their cookery, batter, and mushrooms over (to) our cities ... or you can vote for us in the 2002 congressional elections. Let's kick it up a notch."

Answer 4

Cheney needs a nuclear muffin.

Answer 5

Would Cheney win a slander suit against you for your question? Oh yeah, that crazy bunch of republicans at the UN were in on it too. How about thinking beyond the bumper sticker champ. I must admit, the thought of one day waking up with your brain engaged and stumbling onto the fact that you were wrong about everything is a horrific possibility but it is not fatal. Try this for starters. Keep repeating to yourself, "Facts before conclusions, facts before conclusions" I swear it will change your life.

Answer 6

Vice President Cheney must rely on intelligence gathered,
so I don't belive he was lying about anything...intelligence
had the whole country up in arms that Weapons of Mass
Destruction were on Saddam's agenda....and no doubt in my my mind but what those weapons ended up in Syria and
possibly Iran due to the fact Iran and Syria are so bold now!

Don't let your guard down because the democrats think
they have power now...terrorists feed on fear and weakness,
you can bet Saddam had the things and now terrorists
have access to them....I believe it's just a short matter of time
until we see proof! And NO...( Cheney was not lying )!

Answer 7

Cheney is the biggest liar in the whole universe.

Best thing about that muffin-release is that he's got about as much power as a muffin-less blueberry.

Answer 8

Anytime that man opens his mouth it's to lie..muffins? I think not and he knows it but if it turns a profit why not let the sheep believe what they are being spoon fed?

p.s. re: absolutely it's religion not politics and vice verse..tell Bush that!

Answer 9

Why would he lie? If he had gone to war instead of hiding it out he would be today yet another right wing hero-so how dare we mock this wonderful man ?

Answer 10

Nope. He was secretly funding the bakery.