Hey all you blind patriots. Anyone care to comment on this quote tonite from Hans Blix?

In an interview with Spanish daily El Pais, chief UN weapons inspector Hans Blix hinted he believed Iraq's contended possession of weapons of mass destruction had served as a pretext for a US-led invasion.

"There is evidence this war was planned well in advance," he said.

"You ask yourself a lot of questions when you see the things they [the US] did to try and demonstrate that the Iraqis had nuclear weapons, like the fake contract with Niger," he said.

He was referring to the discovery by UN inspectors that documents the US alleged proved Iraq had tried to buy uranium from the African state had been forged.

Mr Blix said he thought finding banned weapons in Iraq was now a low priority for coalition forces - and that "today, the main aim is to change the dictatorial regime of Saddam Hussein".

The more pertinent question is this:

What has Blix (Germany) got to hide?????

A not so "blind" patriot here.

Deb

Really Deb, I bet alot of German French and Russian stuff will turn up when it is all done, alot of Iraqi military equip. is Russian, they didn't just give it to them.

No problem. Congress just passed another EIGHTY BILLION DOLLAR SUPPLEMENTAL BILL TO PAY FOR THIS BULLSHIT WAR.

Its your childrens money, so just keep on yapping so long as you keep your pockets open.

How much did the wars cost us that got us to where we are today? We survived and we will again because we will be free to make money

another marine dead today. Iraq civilian body parts everywhere. We were not securing our freedoms. We now are the most hated nation in the world. Sept 11 is going to look like a bubble gum wrapper next to how the world is going to attack our interests. This war was for oil and big business. Nothing to do with sadaam hussein or the oppressed.

Did the terrorist kill big business leaders on Sept. 11, no they killed everyday people

We go for the head of the snake these terrorist start at the tail

ummm. what did the terrorists have to do with sadaam hussein. absolutely nada, amigo.

bush (lowercase) has been trying to make the connection between the two, but no one but fools are having any of it.

They have showed ties between Bin Laden and Hussein, what more do u want, then sitting at a victory dinner after the wtc bombing

Redherron....keep it up.....read below....this is from the Dallas Morning News two weeks ago.

I agree with every word. Keep your head buried it the sand and worry only about money. See where it gets ya.

Editorial Ran 03/01/03

United We Stand...Divided We Fall! An Open Letter From Jerry
Reynolds, owner, PRESTIGE FORD, Garland, Texas

I have heard that saying since I was a kid, but I am not
sure I ever put much thought into it until recently. We are
clearly a nation divided when it comes to the subject of war
with Iraq. I think the only thing we can agree on is nobody
wants to have a war. I do not believe President Bush wants
to go to war, but he feels it is necessary and I for one
will support what our Commander-in-Chief feels is best for
our country.

None of us can be naive enough to think they have told us
everything. Our leaders truly think if we are going to be
safe from attack, this is
necessary.

The thought of war sends cold chills down my spine. I have a
19-year old
son and the idea of him going off to fight literally makes
me sick to my
stomach...but then again, so do the still-vivid images of
planes flying into
the World Trade Center. Do we know for a fact whether or not
Saddam
Hussein had anything to do with that? To me, the more
important question is: Can we take the risk?

I will not allow myself to forget what happened on the
morning of
September 11th, 2001 . Ten days or so later, George Bush
told the nation we would begin the fight against terrorism.
He told us "We will not tire, we will not falter and we will
not fail." And he assured every leader
of every country if they supported terrorism, we would come
after them.

We all rejoiced in those words. Tears rolled down my cheeks
when I heard him say that. They were, in fact, words we
needed to hear and frankly, we WANTED to hear.

Now less than a year and a half later, many in our country
seem to be
surprised. Some even question why we're doing this. I will
not debate the "should we or shouldn't we" question. I just
know that we have to UNITE.

That means unite behind the people we elected to lead us in
good times
and bad. Perhaps the reason we were so vulnerable that
fateful September day was due to the lack of being strong.
Fear of reprisal is a huge motivator when dealing with
cowards like Osama bin Laden. I believe with all my heart
the goal on September 11th was to kill 100,000 Americans or
more. I beg you to close your eyes and visualize those
planes going into the buildings.

Remember the images of the people who jumped out of the
burning inferno? Admit it, you were horrified...and most of
us cried. But we found strength and we UNITED as a country.
So many people wanted to buy American flags that within 24
hours the stores were sold out. Where are those feelings
today?

No matter HOW you feel about war with Iraq, we are sending a
VERY
dangerous message to the world that we are vulnerable. I can
only imagine how happy it makes the terrorists to see us
divided like this. I
can see them laughing as they burn our sacred American flag.


Let's face it...this war is going to happen no matter if we
want it or not.
So I encourage all Americans to lock arms and show the world
we are
strong and we want to remain free of the fear of dying like
our brothers and sisters did in New York. I for one won't
buy duct tape, nor store a
hundred gallons of water...I just won't let Saddam or Osama
or any of the rest of our enemies know I am scared. For, you
see, I am more afraid of the division inside our borders
than an invasion from the enemy.

As for Martin Sheen, Madonna, Barbara Streisand, and the
rest of you
"stars:" The "little people" like myself and everyone else I
know don't
really give a darn what you think, so why don't you keep it
to yourself?
Your voices are no more valuable than ours and I resent you
trying to
divide our great country. Channel the energy and publicity
you love so much to garner unity or pick some other cause
with a POSITIVE effect . . . .like helping our veterans who
have fought in previous wars, or supporting our police
officers and fire fighters.

United we stand...divided we fall. I will continue to pledge
allegiance
to the flag of the United States of America and believe ONE
NATION, under God, is indivisible, and there will be liberty
and justice for all. I hope you'll join me.

Sincerely,
Jerry Reynolds
Owner, PRESTIGE FORD

Deb

Amen to that, a NECESSARY evil is war, to bad but it has been this way for thousands of years, and it will never change

that's right, kk.

Deb

trinity... even though i support bush on this one so far... it is not wrong to desent aganist the main steam in any decision our government makes... in fact it points out to the world the type of democracy that our government is founded on. They see that we do allow desent and an open voice to the minority no matter what the question... for you to even desire anything else parallels Stalin. We need to allow the other side to be heard under all circumstances.. at war or not... Sorry but I'd have to go to war against my own government if i thought they would demand silence from decenters...

First, Afganistan (easy)
Second, Iraq (not difficult)

coming soon 3rd, 4th, and 5th

Third, Syria (difficult)
Fourth, North Korea (so difficult and coast a lot but won barely)
Fifth, Irna (lose, no USA army anymore)

Unfortunately, that is how Bush thinks

Hello, can you hear me now? can you hear me now?

Look little people... Bush and company are building an American Empire on arab soil.

Don't you get it yet? This war is baseless, and has nothing to do with 9/11. I am shocked to believe that 70% of americans believe iraq and 9/11 are linked.

The geography of the world is changing. We need Oil secured for our big businesses and we just got it. Look at who is running the Iraq Oil wells. Bush just put in leading u.s. oil executives, his old pals, to run the arab oil fields.

Wake up friends before its too late.

U r brain washed, what about the human rights issues, the death and suffering of the Iraqi people is enough to kick sadamms ass, not to mention not complying with the civilized world, allowing him to rule and fill the arab nation with notions of the US being a bad place is (I can't put it into words, help me people, this guy is out there

If our leaders create similar human rights problems, who comes to our rescue?

I really think as a democratic nation, a good one we are well beyond that worry, do u think our gov't will commit genicide, do u know marijuana makes u paranoid, stop do in it

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Originally posted by redherron:
If our leaders create similar human rights problems, who comes to our rescue?

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Iraqis were able to kick Saddam off if the US wasn't helping Saddam and supporting him.