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With all due respect...
Reader comment on item: Iraq's Weapons & The Road to War

Submitted by Platosearwax (Norway), Jun 3, 2003 at 09:50

...this sounds like hindsight to me. I don't remember hearing this as one of the main reasons to depose Saddam. Why wasn't this stressed in Bush's most recent State of the Union address, rather than what was stressed in that speech (and in so many others): threat from WMD. And if what you say above was the reason, why did the US need any approval or help from anyone at all? Seems it was nothing more than a contract dispute between two parties.

Personally, I think the whole thing could have been justified on humanitarian grounds, or even the grounds you lay out here. The Bush administration chose to emphasize WMD and threat more than any other reason so its backward justifications ring a little hollow.

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Why do people forget the truth? [145 words]Sonja G LarkinNov 18, 2005 19:07
I'm right [39 words]Paul M. NevilleJun 11, 2003 21:30
The War's Critics Should Stop Trying to Rewrite History..... [284 words]JJun 11, 2003 18:19
Iraq's Weapons and the Road to War [523 words]Dick SartainJun 10, 2003 23:09
Comprehension Failure [203 words]Robert ArsenaultJun 10, 2003 13:29
They (Purposefully?) Don't Get [121 words]TerryJun 9, 2003 13:55
unilateral promise keeping [68 words]daniel coshnearJun 9, 2003 12:20
looking for a reason to justify this war... [41 words]ElsJun 9, 2003 06:24
you surpass your commenters [78 words]William KinneyJun 8, 2003 20:56
cat/mouse game [40 words]Nomi KaplanJun 7, 2003 15:50
Kudos [21 words]Charles BartlesonJun 7, 2003 01:41
Excellent analysis [119 words]Gene AmerineJun 6, 2003 12:24
The elephant in the room to the south.... [833 words]Matthew KennelJun 5, 2003 18:17
Why the recent war took place. [296 words]Steve TJun 5, 2003 06:54
Saddam's Game [19 words]Elizabeth MarksJun 4, 2003 18:20
Good Words, But... [48 words]Gene BehlJun 4, 2003 18:09
Liberal leaps of logic [601 words]David WolfJun 4, 2003 16:08
Nah! [291 words]Robert B. ArbetmanJun 4, 2003 14:21
No sense [133 words]Glenn KlotzJun 4, 2003 14:08
Credibility Mr. Pipes [37 words]George TanakisJun 4, 2003 13:44
The Ultimate Sum of Fears, the Path not Taken. [1977 words]tom watsonJun 4, 2003 13:34
North Korea comes next. [53 words]Alan SullivanJun 4, 2003 12:27
Thanks for helping me understand [93 words]Thomas ArthurJun 4, 2003 11:32
Chemical WMD [43 words]Alan GerlachJun 4, 2003 10:29
You are correct [76 words]YoniJun 4, 2003 09:58
That's not the Justification Bush and Blair Used [75 words]Matt PackJun 4, 2003 05:10
Sorry for the rudimentary parallel and language but... [149 words]A LenceskiJun 4, 2003 02:46
Response to Kevin lee: Big failure in elementary logic [167 words]Philippe StephensonJun 3, 2003 22:48
Double standard [94 words]Larry RogulJun 3, 2003 19:47
Good Chronology [21 words]Stan CharlesJun 3, 2003 18:25
Lack of Intellectual Honesty [77 words]Larry KletterJun 3, 2003 17:40
OBSTRUCTION [54 words]GRAHAM RAEL-BROOKJun 3, 2003 17:20
WMD [18 words]Bernard C. BarthJun 3, 2003 16:57
The reasons and rationales [558 words]SheerahkahnJun 3, 2003 16:17
Don't change the topic [114 words]Eric WeitzmanJun 3, 2003 15:28
Invasion of Iraq and Elusive WMD [111 words]Carol MizrahiJun 3, 2003 15:24
Finding Weapons of Mass destruction does count [104 words]Anne ClouseJun 3, 2003 15:24
Exactly right [48 words]David C. StolinskyJun 3, 2003 15:14
Not true, Dr. Pipes. [122 words]Tyson ValeJun 3, 2003 14:22
What a Wonderful War [148 words]T. A. CallaghanJun 3, 2003 14:10
Moslem Countries Should Let Palestinians Become Nationals [137 words]Marc WeisburgJun 3, 2003 13:31
WMDs were the decisive reason [82 words]Lawrence AusterJun 3, 2003 11:50
To do one's duty is always a good thing... [80 words]Alain Jean-MairetJun 3, 2003 10:23
Failure of elementary logic [158 words]Kevin LeeJun 3, 2003 10:01
⇒ With all due respect... [125 words]PlatosearwaxJun 3, 2003 09:50
Mistaken Reasoning [363 words]Project2012Jun 3, 2003 09:19
You're moving the goalposts
[w/response] [206 words]		David MikesellJun 3, 2003 09:04
The inspectors were withdrawn, not kicked out. [109 words]Marc PienaarJun 3, 2003 04:56

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