July 15, 2003

Clueless President

Seriously, I don't know whether he does this intentionally or if he really has no clue what is going on. This is what he had to say yesterday about the WMD:

Q So even though there has been some question about the intelligence -- the intelligence community knowing beforehand that perhaps it wasn't, you still believe that when you gave it --

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The larger point is, and the fundamental question is, did Saddam Hussein have a weapons program? And the answer is, absolutely. And we gave him a chance to allow the inspectors in, and he wouldn't let them in. And, therefore, after a reasonable request, we decided to remove him from power, along with other nations, so as to make sure he was not a threat to the United States and our friends and allies in the region. I firmly believe the decisions we made will make America more secure and the world more peaceful.

Where do you start with this? I agree that it is too early to say that Saddam did not have WMD but we certainly cannot say that we are "absolutely" certain that he did. We haven't even found them nor have we found any clear evidence to indicate that he had them.

And what's up with Saddam not letting in the inspectors? How clueless can you get. Seriously, he is the president and at the very least he should know that inpectors were allowed in. I mean we went to war over this. The US claimed and Hans Blix agreed that that Saddam wasn't cooperating fully with the inspecotors but he did let them in.


Posted by rdreyes at July 15, 2003 01:40 PM
Posted to Politics
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