> 1) nothing's been proven. (i looked up an article on it myself and it
> provided few facts -- maybe because there are none right now. very
> unconvincing overall.)
> 2) nobody has given me an apology for the stuff we know for a fact were
> lies, so if this turns out to be true, i won't apologize and then we'll be
> even. well actually, that will mean i'd have been wrong about one lie and
> right about several others, so actually, they'll still owe me a few
> apologies.
Every few days they come out with a story like this. Aluminum rods, insecticides, top scientists, mysterious cannisters, abandoned facilities, 15 year old empty warheads, etc. You would think these oppressed people would be happy to show us where all the weapons are. You would also think they would be happy to explain why they were never used during the US war.
I personally think, that if they had any brains at all, they would be building a huge storage facility and they should fill it with nerve gas containers and a few bio weapons. They will have to bury it deep to explain why they didn't use them during the war. They would need a large amount, because Iraq has been making chem weapons for decades. It would be the only way to save face.
My final comment is don't let Oaf switch the debate on you. While implying the war was about liberating the oppressed people of Iraq he recommends apologies for people who claim they did not have a weapons program.
1) This argument is not about: should the Iraqi people be saved. It is not about supporting your troops. It is not about Saddam being an evil man. It is not about whether they have a WMD program. It was about whether the US could run roughshod over international law and pre-emptively attack and destroy a foreign government.
2) There main reason was the safety of the US and there main argument was the "known" existence of WMD's. They still have no concrete evidence of any WMDs. A vast majority of the evidence they have provided murky at best and outright lies at worst. Everything from a nobody low level scientist confirming through marine liasons that everything the US has said is true, to them producing forged documents about an Iraqi nuclear program.
