Poll: More Americans Blame Bush Than Saddam for War

wnes · Jun 27, 2005

edwardc said:

correct me if i'm wrong but didn't mr.Blinx say that there were no weapons of WMD .
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Yes he did. Saddam's WMD brouhaha was an effective deterrent to fend off his chief nemesis Iran (and to a lesser degree Israel), a tactic in Hans Blix's words:

"...just as you may scare people from your house by hanging a sign reading 'beware of dog' without having a dog Saddam Hussein might have wanted to scare Iran and others in the region and to stand tall and dangerous in the Arab world…"

GladiatoRowdy · Jun 27, 2005

Mr. Clutch said:

Then what explains British and French intelligance and Hans Blinx believing there were WMDs.
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Of course, the weapons inspectors who were on the ground in Iraq until Bush pulled them out didn't believe that Iraq had WMDs, but Bush couldn't be expected to believe people who had first hand knowledge over a guy like Chalabi who hadn't been to Iraq in over two decades.

bnb · Jun 27, 2005

I found this tid-bit interesting:

Republicans, by a 76% to 17% margin, say that Hussein is responsible.
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wnes · Jun 27, 2005

andymoon said:

Of course, the weapons inspectors who were on the ground in Iraq until Bush pulled them out didn't believe that Iraq had WMDs, but Bush couldn't be expected to believe people who had first hand knowledge over a guy like Chalabi who hadn't been to Iraq in over two decades.
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Chalabi the honor guest at SOTU - 1/2004

Chalabi the con man - a few months later

Chalabi the trusted ally

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