Enough Already!!!!!!!

The desperate Democrats have still not let up
on the Iraq war "blame". I for one, am sick of
the over-blown exagerations of "being misled
into a war", and all the other crap that they
managed to fool the voters with.

Occasionally, I have to resurrect the following,
to remind these witless wonders of exactly who
said what, and when. The only difference
between the spineless Democrats of the Clinton
administration, and the Bush administration is
that Bush had the guts and balls to actually
do something. If Clinton had been half the man,
after the first attack on the US, there never would
have been a 9/11.

The Iraqi Threat: A Retrospective:

The question was never if Saddam Hussein posed
a threat; everyone agreed he did. The question
was who was going to do something about it.
"One way or the other, we are determined to deny
Iraq the capacity to develop weapons of mass
destruction and the missiles to deliver them. That
is our bottom line."- President Clinton, Feb. 4, 1998

"If Saddam rejects peace and we have to use force,
our purpose is clear...We want to seriously diminish the
threat posed by Iraq's weapons of mass destruction
program."- President Clinton, Feb. 17, 1998

"Iraq is a long way from [the USA], but what happens
there matters a great deal here. For the risks 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."-Madeline Albright,
Feb 18, 1998

"He will use those weapons of mass destruction
again, as he has ten times since 1983."- Sandy Berger,
Clinton National Security Adviser, Feb, 18, 1998

"[W]e urge you, after consulting with Congress, and
consistent with the U.S. Constitution and laws, to
take necessary actions (including, if appropriate, air
and missile strikes on suspect Iraqi sites) to respond
effectively to the threat posed by Iraq's refusal to end
its weapons of mass destruction programs."-
Letter to President Clinton, signed by Sens. Carl
Levin, Tom Daschle, John Kerry, and others Oct. 9, 1998

"Saddam Hussein has been engaged in the development
of weapons of mass destruction technology which is a
threat to countries in the region and he has made a
mockery of the weapons inspection process."-
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D, CA), Dec. 16, 1998

"Hussein has ... chosen to spend his money on
building weapons of mass destruction and palaces
for his cronies."- Madeline Albright, Clinton
Secretary of State, Nov. 10, 1999

"There is no doubt that ... Saddam Hussein has
invigorated his weapons programs. Reports indicate
that biological, chemical and nuclear programs
continue apace and may be back to pre-Gulf War
status. In adition, Saddam continues to redefine
delivery systems and is doubtless using the cover
of a licit missile program to develop longer-range
missiles that will threaten the United States and
our allies."- Letter to President Bush, Signed by
Sen. Bob Graham (D, FL,) and others, December 5, 2001

"We begin with the common belief that Saddam
Hussein is a tyrant and a threat to the peace and
stability of the region. He has ignored the mandated of
the United Nations and is building weapons of mass
destruction and the means of delivering them."-
Sen. Carl Levin (D, MI), Sept. 19, 2002

"We know that he has stored secret supplies of
biological and chemical weapons throughout his
country."- Al Gore, Sept. 23, 2002

"Iraq's search for weapons of mass destruction has
proven impossible to deter and we should assume
that it will continue for as long as Saddam is in
power."- Al Gore, Sept. 23, 2002

"We have known for many years that Saddam Hussein
is seeking and developing weapons of mass destruction."
- Sen. Ted Kennedy (D, MA), Sept. 27, 2002

"The last UN weapons inspectors left Iraq in October
of 1998. We are confident that Saddam Hussein retains
some stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons,
and that he has since embarked on a crash course to
build up his chemical and biological warfare capabilities.
Intelligence reports indicate that he is seeking nuclear
weapons..."- Sen. Robert Byrd (D, WV), Oct. 3, 2002

"I will be voting to give the President of the United
States the authority to use force if necessary to disarm
Saddam Hussein because I believe that a deadly arsenal
of weapons of mass destruction in his hands is a real
and grave threat to our security."-
Sen. John F. Kerry (D, MA), Oct. 9, 2002

"There is unmistakable evidence that Saddam Hussein
is working aggressively to develop nuclear weapons
and will likely have nuclear weapons within the next
five years ... We also should remember we have always
underestimated the progress Saddam has made in
development of weapons of mass destruction."
- Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D, WV), Oct 10, 2002

"He has systematically violated, over the course of
the past 11 years, every significant UN resolution that
has demanded that he disarm and destroy his chemical
and biological weapons, and any nuclear capacity. This
he has refused to do."-
Rep.Henry Waxman (D, CA), Oct. 10, 2002

"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 .. It is clear,
however, that if left unchecked, Saddam Hussein will
continue to increase his capacity to wage biological
and chemical warfare, and will keep trying to develop
nuclear weapons."-
Sen. Hillary Clinton (D, NY), Oct 10, 2002

"We are in possession of what I think to be
compelling evidence that Saddam Hussein has,
and has had for a number of years, a developing
capacity for the production and storage of weapons
of mass destruction."-
Sen. Bob Graham (D, FL), Dec. 8, 2002

"Without question, we need to disarm Saddam
Hussein. He is a brutal, murderous dictator, leading
an oppressive regime ... He presents a particularly
grievous threat because he is so consistently prone
to miscalculation ... And now he is miscalculating
America's response to his continued deceit and his
consistent grasp for weapons of mass destruction ...
So the threat of Saddam Hussein with weapons of
mass destruction is real..."
- Sen. John F. Kerry (D, MA), Jan. 23. 2003

Hat tip to J.R. Whipple, though some links are gone
(notably redacted from the Kerry site)

Anyone who ever believed the Democrats' claim,
that Bush got permission to invade Iraq by lying to
them, is either a total idiot, or a dyed-in-the-wool
Bush-hater. The Senate saw the exact same
intelligence that President Bush and his cabinet
saw. And oddly enough, though on opposite sides
of the aisle, there was an overwhelming consensus.

Only when it became convenient for them, did the
Democrats discover that they had "been duped".

I think that the Americans who voted for a Democratic
majority in the House and Senate, are the ones who
have been duped! I hope that we all don't have to
pay the price for their stupidity.

brooklyn