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Who's to blame for the Iraq war quagmire?

by Chaz Z.

Well, I have about had it with lies about this war, our president and the supposed failures of our military. You know who is responsible for the fantasy quagmire in Iraq? Every American who has believed without seeking proof, and repeated the lies of our liberal politicians and media. If you wish to stop looking and sounding like such an idiot, I suggest you read the JOINT resolution signed by a MAJORITY of people in congress, so you can see exactly who is lying. Here it is in its entirety and make no mistake about it, WMD is a miniscule portion of why we are in Iraq. So after reading this, if you are going to keep up the lie that says the liberals signed it because Bush convinced them of WMDs, then I suggest you love and prefer a lie, or you cannot read.

Joint Resolution to Authorize Use of United States Armed Forces Against Iraq

Whereas in 1990 in response to Iraq's war of aggression against and illegal occupation of Kuwait, the United States forged a coalition of nations to liberate Kuwait and its people in order to defend the national security of the United States and enforce United Nations Security Council resolutions relating to Iraq;
Whereas after the liberation of Kuwait in 1991, Iraq entered into a United Nations sponsored cease-fire agreement pursuant to which Iraq unequivocally agreed, among other things, to eliminate its nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons programs and the means to deliver and develop them, and to end its support for international terrorism;
Whereas the efforts of international weapons inspectors, United States intelligence agencies, and Iraqi defectors led to the discovery that Iraq had large stockpiles of chemical weapons and a large scale biological weapons program, and that Iraq had an advanced nuclear weapons development program that was much closer to producing a nuclear weapon than intelligence reporting had previously indicated;
Whereas Iraq, in direct and flagrant violation of the cease-fire, attempted to thwart the efforts of weapons inspectors to identify and destroy Iraq's weapons of mass destruction stockpiles and development capabilities, which finally resulted in the withdrawal of inspectors from Iraq on October 31, 1998;
Whereas in 1998 Congress concluded that Iraq's continuing weapons of mass destruction programs threatened vital United States interests and international peace and security, declared Iraq to be in "material and unacceptable breach of its international obligations" and urged the President "to


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    by Nicholos Gene Poma B.S.

    In the time leading up to the war with Iraq, I was very much in support of it. I had long been listening to the propaganda

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    by Chaz Z.

    Well, I have about had it with lies about this war, our president and the supposed failures of our military. You know who

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    by Leslie Schwab

    It is clearly evident as to who deserves the blame for the Iraq war quagmire. They assured us all that Saddam Hussein had

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  • by Stu James

    It should seem obvious why we are still afflicted by this war. Too many Americans are stuck in the rut of voting conservatively

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