the late Mark Wieber
2018-03-20 17:38:09 UTC
People - pseudonymous political hack extremists - can fuck around in
Usenet all they want and claim that a few busted and rusty and
*unusable* shells and canisters containing residual traces of chemicals
are "WMD", but they can only do that because it's free and there's no
consequence for a pseudonymous political hack extremist engaging in
cynical lying.
Bush never could have persuaded the American people and Congress of the
need for war if it had been known that what would be found were a few
busted shells. When Bush clamored for war, he painted a picture of
bunkers full to the ceilings with thousands of shiny artillery shells
that could be rapidly deployed and used. Bush said Iraq had WMD
factories churning out thousands of liters of chemical and biological
agents. It was all a lie. There were no such bunkers, no such
factories - and Bush knew it.
This sophomoric gag - that a few busted shells with no more than trace
amounts of chemicals - "meet the definition" of WMD is something that
can only occur in a meaningless forum like Usenet, where any
pseudonymous political extremist hack blowhard can say whatever he
likes. There's a reason Bush and Cheney and Rumsfeld aren't playing
this gag: they know it's bullshit.
"Although we have not found stockpiles of weapons of
mass destruction, we were right to go into Iraq. ...
We removed a declared enemy of America who had the
capability of producing weapons of mass murder." -
George Bush, July 12, 2004.
"It turns out that we have not found weapons of mass
destruction. Why the intelligence proved wrong I'm not in
a position to say, but the world is a lot better off with
Saddam Hussein in jail." -
Donald H. Rumsfeld, Oct. 4, 2004.
The "massive stockpiles" of WMD that Bush claimed to exist in Iraq did
not exist. Bush knew they didn't. He was lying.
Usenet all they want and claim that a few busted and rusty and
*unusable* shells and canisters containing residual traces of chemicals
are "WMD", but they can only do that because it's free and there's no
consequence for a pseudonymous political hack extremist engaging in
cynical lying.
Bush never could have persuaded the American people and Congress of the
need for war if it had been known that what would be found were a few
busted shells. When Bush clamored for war, he painted a picture of
bunkers full to the ceilings with thousands of shiny artillery shells
that could be rapidly deployed and used. Bush said Iraq had WMD
factories churning out thousands of liters of chemical and biological
agents. It was all a lie. There were no such bunkers, no such
factories - and Bush knew it.
This sophomoric gag - that a few busted shells with no more than trace
amounts of chemicals - "meet the definition" of WMD is something that
can only occur in a meaningless forum like Usenet, where any
pseudonymous political extremist hack blowhard can say whatever he
likes. There's a reason Bush and Cheney and Rumsfeld aren't playing
this gag: they know it's bullshit.
"Although we have not found stockpiles of weapons of
mass destruction, we were right to go into Iraq. ...
We removed a declared enemy of America who had the
capability of producing weapons of mass murder." -
George Bush, July 12, 2004.
"It turns out that we have not found weapons of mass
destruction. Why the intelligence proved wrong I'm not in
a position to say, but the world is a lot better off with
Saddam Hussein in jail." -
Donald H. Rumsfeld, Oct. 4, 2004.
The "massive stockpiles" of WMD that Bush claimed to exist in Iraq did
not exist. Bush knew they didn't. He was lying.