Originally posted by Raider179
90% of that speech is on WMD and Saddam not abiding by the U.N. Yes Bush mentions the Iraqi people and freeing them from their miserable existence but only as another point he is making about how bad Saddam is. Sorry but he is giving his case for war not giving a speech on how everyone needs freedom. IMO
GWB:
"And in 1995, after four years of deception, Iraq finally admitted it had a crash nuclear weapons program prior to the Gulf War. We know now, were it not for that war, the regime in Iraq would likely have possessed a nuclear weapon no later than 1993.
Today, Iraq continues to withhold important information about its nuclear program -- weapons design, procurement logs, experiment data, an accounting of nuclear materials and documentation of foreign assistance. Iraq employs capable nuclear scientists and technicians. It retains physical infrastructure needed to build a nuclear weapon. Iraq has made several attempts to buy high-strength aluminum tubes used to enrich uranium for a nuclear weapon. Should Iraq acquire fissile material, it would be able to build a nuclear weapon within a year. And Iraq's state-controlled media has reported numerous meetings between Saddam Hussein and his nuclear scientists, leaving little doubt about his continued appetite for these weapons.
Iraq also possesses a force of Scud-type missiles with ranges beyond the 150 kilometers permitted by the U.N. Work at testing and production facilities shows that Iraq is building more long-range missiles that it can inflict mass death throughout the region."
Sadd-man brought it on himself. If they had no WMDs, he should have behaved differently. If a person, much larger than myself, says to me "Look, the 'hood's not gonna take any more of yer rock throwin. Show us you don't have rocks in yer pockets, or we're gonna pummel ya", you think I'm gonna puff up my chest and double-dog dare him to? Hell no.
