Trump: Bush lied about reason for invading Iraq

[Synthaholic]

Rape rooms! OMG!!!!

 

[deltex1]

Who was/is the biggest threat to the US?

Saddam
Mubarak
Qadaffi
Assad
Kohmeni

None of them. The North Korean Kims, whom Bush ignored, allowing them to go nuclear.

So Obabble is at least three times as stupid as Bush. Thank you!

What does Obama have to do with Bush ignoring North Korea?

He's doing the same thing with Iran...you would think he would have learned from bush mistakes. And then there's the issue of Lybia, Egypt and Syria...

 

[Preacher]

Trump says George W. Bush ‘lied’ to get U.S. into Iraq

I agree w/ him

Any Trump- supporters care to chime-in, agreeing? I don't expect this thread to have many responses given all Trump-supporters on this forum are rw'ers

Guess what? I have said that SAME DAMN THING since Bush invaded Iraq and before hand! I agree 100% with Trump but I am a Right Winger I suppose...not a traditional one though.

 

[Dot Com]

Trump is full of shit on this...he is being a politician...it's more dangerous than a Zika mosquito.

you dont like trump ?

I like trump...but he's wrong on this. He is shooting his mouth off to damage JEB.....he is wasting his time...Jeb is dead.

There are six other Republicans to choose from that do not believe Bush is responsible for 9-11 or botched Iraq

Millions of Republucans still support Trumps views

because he wants to deport his hotel workers

 

[ThunderKiss1965]

"One way or the other, we are determined to deny Iraq the capacity to develop weapons of mass destruction and the missiles to deliver them. That is our bottom line."
--President Bill Clinton, Feb. 4, 1998

"If Saddam rejects peace and we have to use force, our purpose is clear. We want to seriously diminish the threat posed by Iraq's weapons of mass destruction program."
--President Bill Clinton, Feb. 17, 1998

"Iraq is a long way from [here], but what happens there matters a great deal here. For the risks that the leaders of a rogue state will use nuclear, chemical or biological weapons against us or our allies is the greatest security threat we face."
--Madeline Albright, Feb 18, 1998

"He will use those weapons of mass destruction again, as he has ten times since 1983."
--Sandy Berger, Clinton National Security Adviser, Feb, 18, 1998

"[W]e urge you, after consulting with Congress, and consistent with the U.S. Constitution and laws, to take necessary actions (including, if appropriate, air and missile strikes on suspect Iraqi sites) to respond effectively to the threat posed by Iraq's refusal to end its weapons of mass destruction programs."
Letter to President Clinton, signed by:
-- Democratic Senators Carl Levin, Tom Daschle, John Kerry, and others, Oct. 9, 1998

"Saddam Hussein has been engaged in the development of weapons of mass destruction technology which is a threat to countries in the region and he has made a mockery of the weapons inspection process."
-Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D, CA), Dec. 16, 1998

"Hussein has ... chosen to spend his money on building weapons of mass destruction and palaces for his cronies."
-- Madeline Albright, Clinton Secretary of State, Nov. 10, 1999

"There is no doubt that ... Saddam Hussein has reinvigorated his weapons programs. Reports indicate that biological, chemical and nuclear programs continue apace and may be back to pre-Gulf War status. In addition, Saddam continues to redefine delivery systems and is doubtless using the cover of a licit missile program to develop longer-range missiles that will threaten the United States and our allies."
Letter to President Bush, Signed by:
-- Sen. Bob Graham (D, FL), and others, Dec 5, 2001

"We begin with the common belief that Saddam Hussein is a tyrant and a threat to the peace and stability of the region. He has ignored the mandate of the United Nations and is building weapons of mass destruction and th! e means of delivering them."
-- Sen. Carl Levin (D, MI), Sept. 19, 2002

"We know that he has stored secret supplies of biological and chemical weapons throughout his country."
-- Al Gore, Sept. 23, 2002

"Iraq's search for weapons of mass destruction has proven impossible to deter and we should assume that it will continue for as long as Saddam is in power."
-- Al Gore, Sept. 23, 2002

"We have known for many years that Saddam Hussein is seeking and developing weapons of mass destruction."
-- Sen. Ted Kennedy (D, MA), Sept. 27, 2002

"The last UN weapons inspectors left Iraq in October of 1998. We are confident that Saddam Hussein retains some stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons, and that he has since embarked on a crash course to build up his chemical and biological warfare capabilities. Intelligence reports indicate that he is seeking nuclear weapons..."
-- Sen. Robert Byrd (D, WV), Oct. 3, 2002

"I will be voting to give the President of the United States the authority to use force -- if necessary -- to disarm Saddam Hussein because I believe that a deadly arsenal of weapons of mass destruction in his hands is a real and grave threat to our security."
-- Sen. John F. Kerry (D, MA), Oct. 9, 2002

"There is unmistakable evidence that Saddam Hussein is working aggressively to develop nuclear weapons and will likely have nuclear weapons within the next five years ... We also should remember we have always underestimated the progress Saddam has made in development of weapons of mass destruction."
-- Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D, WV), Oct 10, 2002

"He has systematically violated, over the course of the past 11 years, every significant UN resolution that has demanded that he disarm and destroy his chemical and biological weapons, and any nuclear capacity. This he has refused to do"
-- Rep. Henry Waxman (D, CA), Oct. 10, 2002

"In the four years since the inspectors left, intelligence reports show that Saddam Hussein has worked to rebuild his chemical and biological weapons stock, his missile delivery capability, and his nuclear program. He has also given aid, comfort, and sanctuary to terrorists, including al Qaeda members ... It is clear, however, that if left unchecked, Saddam Hussein will continue to increase his capacity to wage biological and chemical warfare, and will keep trying to develop nuclear weapons."
-- Sen. Hillary Clinton (D, NY), Oct 10, 2002

"We are in possession of what I think to be compelling evidence that Saddam Hussein has, and has had for a number of years, a developing capacity for the production and storage of weapons of mass destruction."
-- Sen. Bob Graham (D, FL), Dec. 8, 2002

"Without question, we need to disarm Saddam Hussein. He is a brutal, murderous dictator, leading an oppressive regime ... He presents a particularly grievous threat because he is so consistently prone to miscalculation ... And now he is miscalculating America's response to his continued deceit and his consistent grasp for weapons of mass destruction ... So the threat of Saddam Hussein with weapons of mass destruction is real..."
-- Sen. John F. Kerry (D, MA), Jan. 23. 2003

 

[Dot Com]

Ramsey Clark forewarned them and they dismissed it then ----------> 9/11

 

[Dot Com]

The Leading Republican for President

...

 

[TyroneSlothrop]

 

[guno]

Names please.

Start with New Hampshire, then look at Trumps lead in the polls

Millions of Republicans support Trump and Trump believes Bush botched both 9-11 AND Iraq

You have no way of knowing why they support trump. It's a to Obama..not anti bush.

Shit.....if a Democratic candidate told me Obama was responsible for 9-11, I wouldn't support him

Millions of Republicans flock to Trump as their savior

Still, most of the dems say no WMDS were found and you support them.

Ummmm......even Bush said no WMDs were found

and he laughed about it , hundreds of thousands dead and the punk laughs about it

 

[Dot Com]

Trump is right about this and healthcare though. He said he wouldn't permit the libertarians to leave the ill to die in the street

 

[MaryL]

We don't need Trump to point out the obvious.

 

[Silhouette]

Trump says George W. Bush ‘lied’ to get U.S. into Iraq

I agree w/ him

Any Trump- supporters care to chime-in, agreeing? I don't expect this thread to have many responses given all Trump-supporters on this forum are rw'ers

That wasn't all Dubya lied about around the Iraq situation. An interesting side conversation, but please bring it back here after you read it on page 1, post #3: CBS Debate: Candidates Felt Their "Inner Christie". Big Success.

 

[Camp]

Looks like a lot of people said something that wasn't true concerning WMDs.

WMDs were found in Iraq and they are active munitions.

You have been asked to provide a link to an objective source that confirms operational WMD's were found and have failed to do so. You provided links to American soldiers being injured when they found abandoned weapons. Operational is the key word. What was found were old abandoned weapons that could not be used a designed and had been buried unsafely for over 10 years before being found.
You were asked to provide your favorite and best most objectionable example of WMD's being found in Iraq. All you have shown is that some irresponsible Iraqi's buried some artillery and mortar rounds over a decade before the Iraqi war, the coalition forces stumbled onto some of them and were injured when the deteriorating weapons were uncovered.

 

[Si modo]

Looks like a lot of people said something that wasn't true concerning WMDs.

WMDs were found in Iraq and they are active munitions.

You have been asked to provide a link to an objective source that confirms operational WMD's were found and have failed to do so. You provided links to American soldiers being injured when they found abandoned weapons. Operational is the key word. What was found were old abandoned weapons that could not be used a designed and had been buried unsafely for over 10 years before being found.
You were asked to provide you favorite and best most objectionable example of WMD's being found in Iraq. All you have shown is that some irresponsible Iraqi's buried some artillery and mortar rounds over a decade before the Iraqi war, the coalition forces stumbled onto some of them and were injured when the deteriorating weapons were uncovered.

Read the thread...links are there.

K? Thx.

 

[rightwinger]

Trump is full of shit on this...he is being a politician...it's more dangerous than a Zika mosquito.

you dont like trump ?

I like trump...but he's wrong on this. He is shooting his mouth off to damage JEB.....he is wasting his time...Jeb is dead.

There are six other Republicans to choose from that do not believe Bush is responsible for 9-11 or botched Iraq

Millions of Republucans still support Trumps views

because he wants to deport his hotel workers

Who will cut my lawn?
My kids are too busy playing video games

God damn Trump

 

[Toro]

"Bush lied, people died."

One usually hears that from the loopy left, not from the leading contender for the Republican nomination.

 

[rightwinger]

"One way or the other, we are determined to deny Iraq the capacity to develop weapons of mass destruction and the missiles to deliver them. That is our bottom line."
--President Bill Clinton, Feb. 4, 1998

"If Saddam rejects peace and we have to use force, our purpose is clear. We want to seriously diminish the threat posed by Iraq's weapons of mass destruction program."
--President Bill Clinton, Feb. 17, 1998

"Iraq is a long way from [here], but what happens there matters a great deal here. For the risks that the leaders of a rogue state will use nuclear, chemical or biological weapons against us or our allies is the greatest security threat we face."
--Madeline Albright, Feb 18, 1998

"He will use those weapons of mass destruction again, as he has ten times since 1983."
--Sandy Berger, Clinton National Security Adviser, Feb, 18, 1998

"[W]e urge you, after consulting with Congress, and consistent with the U.S. Constitution and laws, to take necessary actions (including, if appropriate, air and missile strikes on suspect Iraqi sites) to respond effectively to the threat posed by Iraq's refusal to end its weapons of mass destruction programs."
Letter to President Clinton, signed by:
-- Democratic Senators Carl Levin, Tom Daschle, John Kerry, and others, Oct. 9, 1998

"Saddam Hussein has been engaged in the development of weapons of mass destruction technology which is a threat to countries in the region and he has made a mockery of the weapons inspection process."
-Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D, CA), Dec. 16, 1998

"Hussein has ... chosen to spend his money on building weapons of mass destruction and palaces for his cronies."
-- Madeline Albright, Clinton Secretary of State, Nov. 10, 1999

"There is no doubt that ... Saddam Hussein has reinvigorated his weapons programs. Reports indicate that biological, chemical and nuclear programs continue apace and may be back to pre-Gulf War status. In addition, Saddam continues to redefine delivery systems and is doubtless using the cover of a licit missile program to develop longer-range missiles that will threaten the United States and our allies."
Letter to President Bush, Signed by:
-- Sen. Bob Graham (D, FL), and others, Dec 5, 2001

"We begin with the common belief that Saddam Hussein is a tyrant and a threat to the peace and stability of the region. He has ignored the mandate of the United Nations and is building weapons of mass destruction and th! e means of delivering them."
-- Sen. Carl Levin (D, MI), Sept. 19, 2002

"We know that he has stored secret supplies of biological and chemical weapons throughout his country."
-- Al Gore, Sept. 23, 2002

"Iraq's search for weapons of mass destruction has proven impossible to deter and we should assume that it will continue for as long as Saddam is in power."
-- Al Gore, Sept. 23, 2002

"We have known for many years that Saddam Hussein is seeking and developing weapons of mass destruction."
-- Sen. Ted Kennedy (D, MA), Sept. 27, 2002

"The last UN weapons inspectors left Iraq in October of 1998. We are confident that Saddam Hussein retains some stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons, and that he has since embarked on a crash course to build up his chemical and biological warfare capabilities. Intelligence reports indicate that he is seeking nuclear weapons..."
-- Sen. Robert Byrd (D, WV), Oct. 3, 2002

"I will be voting to give the President of the United States the authority to use force -- if necessary -- to disarm Saddam Hussein because I believe that a deadly arsenal of weapons of mass destruction in his hands is a real and grave threat to our security."
-- Sen. John F. Kerry (D, MA), Oct. 9, 2002

"There is unmistakable evidence that Saddam Hussein is working aggressively to develop nuclear weapons and will likely have nuclear weapons within the next five years ... We also should remember we have always underestimated the progress Saddam has made in development of weapons of mass destruction."
-- Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D, WV), Oct 10, 2002

"He has systematically violated, over the course of the past 11 years, every significant UN resolution that has demanded that he disarm and destroy his chemical and biological weapons, and any nuclear capacity. This he has refused to do"
-- Rep. Henry Waxman (D, CA), Oct. 10, 2002

"In the four years since the inspectors left, intelligence reports show that Saddam Hussein has worked to rebuild his chemical and biological weapons stock, his missile delivery capability, and his nuclear program. He has also given aid, comfort, and sanctuary to terrorists, including al Qaeda members ... It is clear, however, that if left unchecked, Saddam Hussein will continue to increase his capacity to wage biological and chemical warfare, and will keep trying to develop nuclear weapons."
-- Sen. Hillary Clinton (D, NY), Oct 10, 2002

"We are in possession of what I think to be compelling evidence that Saddam Hussein has, and has had for a number of years, a developing capacity for the production and storage of weapons of mass destruction."
-- Sen. Bob Graham (D, FL), Dec. 8, 2002

"Without question, we need to disarm Saddam Hussein. He is a brutal, murderous dictator, leading an oppressive regime ... He presents a particularly grievous threat because he is so consistently prone to miscalculation ... And now he is miscalculating America's response to his continued deceit and his consistent grasp for weapons of mass destruction ... So the threat of Saddam Hussein with weapons of mass destruction is real..."
-- Sen. John F. Kerry (D, MA), Jan. 23. 2003

Why do you guys always leave off this one?


Sen. Barack Obama's speech against Iraq war


What I am opposed to is a dumb war. What I am opposed to is a rash war. What I am opposed to is the cynical attempt by Richard Perle and Paul Wolfowitz and other armchair, weekend warriors in this administration to shove their own ideological agendas down our throats, irrespective of the costs in lives lost and in hardships borne.

What I am opposed to is the attempt by political hacks like Karl Rove to distract us from a rise in the uninsured, a rise in the poverty rate, a drop in the median income — to distract us from corporate scandals and a stock market that has just gone through the worst month since the Great Depression. That's what I'm opposed to. A dumb war. A rash war. A war based not on reason but on passion, not on principle but on politics. Now let me be clear — I suffer no illusions about Saddam Hussein. He is a brutal man. A ruthless man. A man who butchers his own people to secure his own power. He has repeatedly defied UN resolutions, thwarted UN inspection teams, developed chemical and biological weapons, and coveted nuclear capacity. He's a bad guy. The world, and the Iraqi people, would be better off without him.

But I also know that Saddam poses no imminent and direct threat to the United States or to his neighbors, that the Iraqi economy is in shambles, that the Iraqi military a fraction of its former strength, and that in concert with the international community he can be contained until, in the way of all petty dictators, he falls away into the dustbin of history. I know that even a successful war against Iraq will require a U.S. occupation of undetermined length, at undetermined cost, with undetermined consequences. I know that an invasion of Iraq without a clear rationale and without strong international support will only fan the flames of the Middle East, and encourage the worst, rather than best, impulses of the Arab world, and strengthen the recruitment arm of al-Qaida. I am not opposed to all wars. I'm opposed to dumb wars.

Barack Obama , Oct 2 2002

 

[Camp]

Looks like a lot of people said something that wasn't true concerning WMDs.

WMDs were found in Iraq and they are active munitions.

You have been asked to provide a link to an objective source that confirms operational WMD's were found and have failed to do so. You provided links to American soldiers being injured when they found abandoned weapons. Operational is the key word. What was found were old abandoned weapons that could not be used a designed and had been buried unsafely for over 10 years before being found.
You were asked to provide you favorite and best most objectionable example of WMD's being found in Iraq. All you have shown is that some irresponsible Iraqi's buried some artillery and mortar rounds over a decade before the Iraqi war, the coalition forces stumbled onto some of them and were injured when the deteriorating weapons were uncovered.

Read the thread...links are there.

K? Thx.

No they aren't. You posted links that confirm what I said, not what you are claiming. They weapons in those links in many cases dated back to the 80's. They were degraded and caused American casualties because they were improperly handled.
You are trying to promote some nonsense that even the Bush administration did not attempt to promote.

 

[Si modo]

Looks like a lot of people said something that wasn't true concerning WMDs.

WMDs were found in Iraq and they are active munitions.

You have been asked to provide a link to an objective source that confirms operational WMD's were found and have failed to do so. You provided links to American soldiers being injured when they found abandoned weapons. Operational is the key word. What was found were old abandoned weapons that could not be used a designed and had been buried unsafely for over 10 years before being found.
You were asked to provide you favorite and best most objectionable example of WMD's being found in Iraq. All you have shown is that some irresponsible Iraqi's buried some artillery and mortar rounds over a decade before the Iraqi war, the coalition forces stumbled onto some of them and were injured when the deteriorating weapons were uncovered.

Read the thread...links are there.

K? Thx.

No they aren't. You posted links that confirm what I said, not what you are claiming. They weapons in those links in many cases dated back to the 80's. They were degraded and caused American casualties because they were improperly handled.
You are trying to promote some nonsense that even the Bush administration did not attempt to promote.

I posted two of many links showing WMDS were found in Iraq. Thousands of them.

Their age is irrelevant as they are viable - able to injure and kill.

So, once again - thousands of chemical weapons were found in Iraq and, those weapons are viable WMDs.

That is what I have posted and that is fact.

Anything you don't like about it is your problem.

 

[mikegriffith1]

This is a pathetic myth, and I'm surprised that Trump repeated it. Even Oliver Stone admits that Bush was furious when it became clear that there were no WMDs in Iraq, and that Bush demanded to know why the CIA and the DoD claimed there were WMDs.

Now, I certainly believe that certain Bush administration officials and some folks in the CIA and the DoD knew or suspected that the WMD case was either doubtful or false, but the evidence is clear that Bush sincerely believed the WMD case and was very upset when it turned out to be false.