I don't say there aren't ever any conspiracies: of course there are!
Bush did lie and people did die because of it: that was a conspiracy between Rumsfeld, Cheney, and poor Bush, to promote the war with a lie about WMD.
From the perspective of a rational person, your conspiracy theory is every bit as nutty as claiming Boston was a false flag.
{ Saddam's deception has defeated their effectiveness. Instead of the inspectors disarming Saddam, Saddam has disarmed the inspectors.
This situation presents a clear and present danger to the stability of the Persian Gulf and the safety of people everywhere. The international community gave Saddam one last chance to resume cooperation with the weapons inspectors. Saddam has failed to seize the chance.
And so we had to act and act now.
Let me explain why.
First, without a strong inspection system, Iraq would be free to retain and begin to rebuild its chemical, biological and nuclear weapons programs in months, not years.
Second, if Saddam can crippled the weapons inspection system and get away with it, he would conclude that the international community led by the United States has simply lost its will. He will surmise that he has free rein to rebuild his arsenal of destruction, and someday make no mistake he will use it again as he has in the past.
Third, in halting our air strikes in November, I gave Saddam a chance, not a license. If we turn our backs on his defiance, the credibility of U.S. power as a check against Saddam will be destroyed. We will not only have allowed Saddam to shatter the inspection system that controls his weapons of mass destruction program; we also will have fatally undercut the fear of force that stops Saddam from acting to gain domination in the region.} - President Bill Clinton
See, you Obamunists have no credibility with your stupid CT's, because you place a 100% partisan agenda on it. Bill and Hillary Clinton, Plugs Biden, Nazi Pelosi, Dingy Harry Reid, ALL had the same line on Iraq. You attack Bush purely out of partisan vitriol.
And I suppose the CIA: SecState Colin Powell said they fooled him into that UN poster talk showing all the movements of WMD that never happened. I think most people understood perfectly well what was going on, I certainly did.
Sure.
{"Iraq is a long way from [America], but what happens there matters a great deal here. For the risk 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." Secretary of State Madeline Albright, 1998}
Oh, but that was DIFFERENT, because, um, Obama Akbar....
I think a lot of this WMD talk now is just people who were clueless at the time justifying the fact that they didn't understand what was going on, but I think many people were perfectly clear about it before the war ever started.
Right!
{"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." } - Hillary Clinton, 2002
It happens: there've been lots of conspiracies. But they are small groups, or they don't work, often near the top of the power pyramid. Not always high level: entrapment FBI operations, or the WWII elaborate plots to hide the fact that we had the German encription codes.
Don't pretend that you Obamunists are any less nutjobs than the black helicopter crowd. Just because you are driven by pure partisanship, doesn't alter the insanity of your claims.
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"We know that [Saddam] has stored secret supplies of biological and chemical weapons throughout his country."
"Iraqs search for [WMD] has proven impossible to deter, and we should assume that it will continue for as long as Saddam is in power."
} - Algore, Inventor of the internet, 2002
They all aim to do something very specific and definite, however. And small groups run them. You can't have a false flag operation about something vague with a lot of people in on it. That's just not how the world works.
I don't support the right wing conspiracy theories. I simply note the hypocrisy of the left, which is fully submerged in whackadoodle conspiracies of their own.
{"There's no question that Saddam Hussein is a threat to the United States and to our allies." } - Screaming Howie Dean, Chairman of the DNC, 2003