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During
the Vice Presidential debates Dick Cheney made it clear-he would make
the same recommendation to invade Iraq as he did when our troops hit the
ground looking for weapons of mass destruction. Make no mistake
about it, when we invaded Iraq the reason for the invasion was simple:
Saddam Hussein was a threat because he possessed, and could use, weapons
of mass destruction. This
week a report from the chief US chief weapons inspector found no
evidence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. According to a
report by the Associated Press, Saddam Hussein's " weapons of mass
destruction programs had deteriorated into only hopes and dreams by the
time of the US led invasion last year, a decline brought by the first
call for and years of international sanctions, the chief US weapons
Hunter found." At
the time of the invasion it was clear that Saddam Hussein was at two bit
dictator, without the power to do anything outside Iraq. Saddam
Hussein did not have the power to use weapons, nor did he have the power
to distribute weapons. After this week’s report was issued, the
Associated Press reports that President Bush's spokesman justified the
decision to go to war. The Associated Press reports the Bush aid
as saying "there was a risk, a real risk, that Saddam Hussein would
pass weapons or materials or information to terrorist networks…” The
President continues to hide his head in the sand, his aides telling us
that “there was a real risk that Saddam Hussein would pass
weapons…to terrorist networks.” The report is in--no weapons
of mass destruction. It is time for the Bush administration to do
what is right-- Apologize,
take responsibility, plan for a strategic exit from Iraq establishing
ground work for a sound system of government before leaving.
Unfortunately, the Bush administration does not have a plan and we
cannot expect an apology to those who died, to the American public, and
to the world for simply being wrong. The
Bush administration will continue to do what is politically convenient,
flip-flop on the reason the President went to war.
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