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[eohartman]

Bush, you got punk'd!



Report: No WMD stockpiles in Iraq

Saddam Hussein did not possess stockpiles of illicit weapons at the time of the U.S. invasion in March 2003 and had not begun any program to produce them, a CIA report concludes.

In fact, the long-awaited report says Iraq's WMD program was essentially destroyed in 1991 and Saddam ended Iraq's nuclear program after the 1991 Gulf War.

The rest of the article is here.

Comments

[eskimoxxkisses.livejournal.com]

Uhm.
w0rd.

I can see how Bush may have been worried about future production or what have you, but meh.

They were obviously not a threat, and I can see why someone would want to attempt to get around the sanctions set up by the UN because they want to protect their country, if they have to.
(Because, you know, I'll give the person the benefit of the doubt of using them as defense as opposed to just blowing countries up for the hell of it).

Is that making any sense?

[lizzie.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it makes sense. I can see how Bush would be worried, as well, but I don't think it was grounds for what he did.

Although imagining countries blowing up others just for the hell of it is an interesting picture. :-)

[eskimoxxkisses.livejournal.com]

It is..


I think that's why they created video games, though.

[lizzie.livejournal.com]

I could use a blowing up kind of video game right now. Alas, Halo2 doesn't come out for another month. :-(

[eskimoxxkisses.livejournal.com]

ohmygod.

You need to meet Adam. XD


He and his friends are hardcore counting down until Halo.
I'll be lucky if he can live when he comes out here for Thanksgiving. Because, you know. It's not even a month of gameplay. ::amused::

I played the mission part, though! And it was fun!! I don't like the multiplayer part as much. Partly because Adam's friend Matt and his brother Steven are areseholes and kept shooting me when I wasn't playing, because they were playing hard with me, and I had only been playing for like a day. Jerks. ::shakes fist::

I think it sounds like a harsh analogy, but I want to see what you have to say about it

[bigpeteb.livejournal.com]

President Bush believed, at the time he took us to war, that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction, and that he was a threat to our nation.

Dan Rather believed, at the time he went on the air, that he had memos discrediting President Bush's prior military service.

Dan Rather believed, at the time he went on the air, that he had memos discrediting President Bush's prior military service, and that Bush was a threat to our nation?

Re: I think it sounds like a harsh analogy, but I want to see what you have to say about it

[lizzie.livejournal.com]

I think saying "Bush was a threat to our nation" is a bit of an exaggeration. I don't like Bush, but I don't think he was a particular threat. Maybe not the best choice, but not a threat.

I think the main difference by Rather and Bush is that Rather lied about military service, while Bush lied about going to war. Rather was able to retract his statement, apologize, and correct the mistake. If you've heard about Bush's military record, you've undoubtably also heard about Rather screwing up. Bush, however, doesn't have the priviledge of making such an error of judgement. Not only has he not retracted his statement (his administration has admitted they screwed up, but Bush is still pushing for WMD in Iraq), but he hasn't apologized, and there's no way to correct this mistake. Bush can't just say "Oops, sorry!" and magically the 1,000+ American men and women who have died for his mistake are brought back to life. Unfortunately, it just doesn't work that way.

So while I admit Rather screwed up, and he *really* should have checked his facts better, at least he was able to put the country pretty much where it was before his big oops moment. There's no way Bush can do that.

[lizzie.livejournal.com]

They shouldn't have been that hard on you. That's mean. Silly boys. You should force them to play some game with you that you're respectively better than them. Or just kick them in the shins next time they do that. :-)

eee, I love Halo! I got Dustin an xbox last year for Christmas, and I gave him Halo, as well, although it was really for me. *shhh, don't tell!* It's just such a fun game. Dustin and I ended up beating the game in 30 hours or something like that, we had no lives and just sat in front of the t.v. playing. By the time we were done with the game, we were wondering where the day went, as it was 4 a.m. and we were still in pajamas from the nite before. lol

[eskimoxxkisses.livejournal.com]

They are mean boys! I was pouting at Adam and making pissed off noises when they kept killing me after I'd respawned and was obviously not moving or making an attempt to fight back.
Adam felt really bad, and was getting frusterated at them, too, and then we just ended up quitting.

Aww.

That sounds like so much fun!! Awww! I'm excited to play a bit of Halo2 around Christmas, when I go back to Pennsylvania. (You know, 'cause it won't be out in 2 weeks, dur!).

[lizzie.livejournal.com]

And now I'm wondering what pissed off noises sound like. :-)
I hate the respawning part, because for a few seconds there you're unable to move but you still get hurt. It's evil.

[eskimoxxkisses.livejournal.com]

Haha. Pissed off noises are something like whining and growling mixed.
I make lots of strange noises. I'm just that cool. XD

YES! I hate that! Like, even though I wasn't playing, I would have just respawned, and one of them would kill me even though I still couldn't do anything. >_<;

[dustinhartman.livejournal.com]

Makes you wonder what he was pointing too....

"Look the WMD's are over there, run for them" as he sneaks away.

"It's Britney, It's Britney!!!" but where is his other hand?

"OMG!!!! Dick Chaney is alive"

[lizzie.livejournal.com]

Ha ha. You're funny when you're bored.