BUSH: The danger to our country is grave. The danger to our country is growing. The Iraqi regime possesses biological and chemical weapons.
[VARIOUS SPEAKERS]: Weapons of mass destruction, weapons of mass destruction, nuclear weapons, weapons of mass destruction.
BUSH: Well, our people are gonna find out the truth. And the truth will say that this intelligence is good intelligence. There's no doubt in my mind.
RUMSFELD: There are a lot of people who lie and get away with it, and that's just a fact.
[Scary music, flag-draped coffins, ugly statistics, injured Iraqi civilians, more ugly statistics.]
BUSH [joking in front of an audience]: Those weapons of mass destruction have got to be somewhere. [Audience laughs.]
BUSH: Nope, no weapons over there! [Audience roars with laughter.]
QUESTIONER: President Bush has talked about our staying in Iraq for 50 years--
McCAIN: Maybe a hundred.
BUCHANAN: There's no doubt John McCain is going to be a war president. Can anyone see John McCain as sort of a peactime Calvin Coolidge president? It's preposterous! His whole career is wrapped up in the military, national security; he's in Putin's face, he's threatening the Iranians, we're gonna be in Iraq a hundred years.
RITTER: The Bush Administration has built a new generation of nuclear weapons that we call "usable" nukes. [TEXT: Cochran statement.] And they have a nuclear, you know, posture now which permits the pre-emptive use of nuclear weapons in a non-nuclear environment if the Commander-in-Chief deems US forces to be at significant risk.
If we start bombing Iran, I'm telling you right now it's not gonna work
McCAIN: Bomb Iran? Heh-heh. [singing, to tune of Beach Boys' "Barbara Ann"] Bomb, bomb, bomb, anyway, heh-heh.
RITTER: My concern is that we will use nuclear weapons to break the backbone of Iranian resistance, and it may not work. But what it will do is this: it will unleash the nuclear genie. So to all those Americans out there tonight who say, "You know what? Taking on Iran's a good thing,"
McCAIN: My friends, I know how to handle the Iranians, and I'll handle them.
RITTER: And if we use nuclear weapons, the genie ain't going back in the bottle until an American city is taken out by an Islamic weapon in retaliation. So tell me, you want to go to war with Iran: Pick your city. Pick your city. Tell me which one you want gone. Seattle? LA? Boston? New York, Miami? Pick one! Because at least one's going.
And that's something we should all think about before we march down this path of insanity [repeating "insanity" as pictures flash on screen.]
MIKA BRZEZINSKI READING WES CLARK ARTICLE: "The truth is that, in national security terms, he's largely untested and untried" -- John McCain, this is what you're talking about -- "he's never been responsible for policy formulation. He's never had leadership in a crisis or in anything larger than his own element on an aircraft carrier or in managing his own Congressional staff.
It's not clear that this is going to be the strong suit that he thinks it is. McCain's weakness is that he's always been for the use of force, force, and more force. In my experience, the only time to use force is as a last resort. When he talks about throwing Russia out of the G8 and makes ditties about bombing Iran, he betrays a disrespect for the office of the Presidency."
McCAIN: And I'm sorry to tell ya that we're gonna be in further wars. . . . And we were in two wars today, combatting it, and there are other places in the world where we may have to. These young people that are in this crowd, my friends, I'm gonna be asking you to serve.
There's gonna be more wars. There's gonna be more wars. We're in a greater struggle that is gonna be with us for the rest of this century.
It's a tough war we're in. It's not gonna be over right away. There's gonna be other wars. I'm sorry to tell you, there's gonna be other wars.
[Scary music, scary statistics, scary pictures.]
BUCHANAN: "He will make Cheney look like Gandhi."
HT: NWTerriD at Daily Kos
6 comments:
There are only a couple problems with that video, im not justifying anything, i just have a couple problems. Firstly, granted there were no "WMDs", but in the vedio dush says biological and chemical weapons. Its no secret that sadam hussain tested chemical weapons on his own people. Second, it (the vedio) has the statistic of how many soldiers died, im not taking anything away from there deaths, but if you're to join the military, your life is at risk. A soldiers job is to fight. The thought of no soldiers ever dieing is preposterous. The third problem, which is turning away from the vedio a bit, people blame the republicans for the war, but when it started it wasnt as if the the democrates said no and republicans did it anyway. If everyone said no and then the Bush administration did it anyway, Bush would be impeached, faster than I can say impeached.
On a final note, isnt it said that this is the choice we have for president...
If only Rudy Giuliani was still running.
Its no secret that sadam hussain tested chemical weapons on his own people.
True, but where did he get the chemical weapons from? Unfortunately, the list is rather long: France, Germany, Brazil, Italy, the UK, Singapore, the Netherlands, Egypt, India, Luxembourg, Spain and China. All of these countries provided either the facilities to make chemical weapons, the materials to make the chemical weapons with, or the military equipment necessary to do chemical attacks. In addition, the US provided the materials that allowed Iraq to create biological weapons. So a lot of people and countries are complicit by selling Iraq those materials; that's a lot of blood on their hands for money long spent.
Second, it (the vedio) has the statistic of how many soldiers died, im not taking anything away from there deaths, but if you're to join the military, your life is at risk.
Of course it is, but a commander's duty is also to meet the objectives while minimizing the number of casualties. However, the real problem is that the soldiers' lives are being lost not in a war (the war ended years ago), but in a military occupation. And many civilians see those soldiers' lives as wasted, especially when the war that turned into an occupation was started on false pretenses. Is your life worth a few barrels of oil, Aran? I don't think so.
The third problem, which is turning away from the vedio a bit, people blame the republicans for the war, but when it started it wasnt as if the the democrates said no and republicans did it anyway.
Who is ultimately responsible for the running of the US government, including the military? The buck stops here.
If only Rudy Giuliani was still running.
Surely you jest. :)
BTW, that list of countries involved in helping Iraq with its chemical and biological weapons programs was created from here.
The problem with chemical weapons, is the fact that they are very easy to obtain. Because all the ingredients and machinery have non-weapon purposes. And with respect to "the buck stops here" yes the president is responsible for his decisions, but so is the senate, the house, and the people that re-elected him.
And with Rudy, jest about his running? I would not do such a thing.
ohh btw GCE grades came in...you should see some people results...
I almost wonder if Obama could do good by nicking LBJ's "Daisy Girl" attack ad :)
George: Excellent idea!
Aran, I'll get back to your latest comment.
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