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White House Lied About Iraq Nuclear Programs
An anonymous reader writes "This New York Times article reports that in 2002, the Bush Administration's assertions that Saddam Hussein was rebuilding his nuclear weapons program were based on evidence that was doubted by the government's foremost nuclear security experts. Specifically, aluminum tubes most likely meant for small artillery rockets were interpreted by the administration as parts for uranium centrifuges." In a nutshell: while Bush, Cheney, Rice and Rumsfeld were announcing to the American public that these tubes were slam-dunk evidence of Iraq's nuclear ambitions, they already knew that there was completely overwhelming evidence that the tubes were just for artillery rockets (as Iraq said) and that the tubes were totally unsuitable for use in centrifuges.
Politicians? Lying??
Bullshit.
"Come on, let's go drink till we can't feel feelings anymore."
It doesn't affect the President anymore, unless he slept with one of the female nuclear scientists.
Haliburton found them and resold them to someone... probably Israel.
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Oceania has always been at war with East Iraqistan. It has always been allies with EurArabia.
Oceania has always been at war with EurArabia. It has always been allies with East Iraqistan.
You may be crimethinking without even knowing it comrade. Please report to the Ministry of Homeland Security.
"Great thing about politicians, though, you can always tell when they're lying: their lips move."
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Essentially all those arguments could be applied to Kerry supporters if/when some silly story breaks.
Conservative Attacks: "It was from a news source that is, in fact a corporation, thus they had a monetary incentive to make this story. And those who love money love Bush."
Patterns of Birth: "I've heard my mom and dad ridicule Bush when they watch the news all the time. I love my parents, they must be right."
One-Issue Paramount: "Sure, Kerry couldn't choose between soup and salad at an all-you-can-eat buffet, but at least he'll (keep abortion legal / get rid of some of those rich-centric tax cuts / not be Bush)."
Shared Beliefs: "I haven't been saved by Jesus, my president shouldn't have been either."*
Shared Geography: "He's not from the south. Southerners are all racists. Duh."
Rambo Syndrome: Alright, I'll give you that one. There is nothing Rambo-like about Kerry.
* This is, BTW, the most compelling argument I've seen against Bush thus far. As an Atheist, that much God-stuff in the White House is scary shit. But then...Kerry has done nothing to suggest he's any different.
"screams "I'm a Democrat, I hate Republicans!" to me."
I know. Reality is SO freakin' biased. Why do the facts hate Bush and his followers? Why oh why? There should be a law!
The scary thing is that at this rate I could actually see one being created:
The RightThink Homeland Defense Act - "Because only a terrorist would question the President's motives!"
And for impersonally killing thousands of people, in cold blood, with millions of witnesses, and being caught grinning into the camera, he may well be re-elected. Superb
That's not a grin. It's a smirk. Totally different thing.
so to war with iraq we go, to begin the the process of fixing the middle east. because september 11th shows that the middle east will export its problems to us, so it is our responsibility to fix the middle east, whether we deserve it or not."
You're right. Absolutely right. Every time a terrorist group with members in countries all over the world plans to bomb us, we should fix a few of the countries that may or may not have been involved. Because the USA's job is to fix countries that might be a threat to us in the future and turn these nations into carbon-copies of us. It's the American way, after all.
Gosh darnit, I am so sick and tired of the liberal media twisting and spinning all the news into some sort of Conservative conspiracy story. I wasn't too thrilled watching that PBS commie Jim Lehrer moderate the presidential debate, either. Jesus, if you're not going to place your faith in God and the * elected * president's office, and trust that the men in the closed meetings know a bit more than you or I know, that what are you going to place your faith? Bush and Cheney are smarter, and probably more honest than 75% of the bleeding heart liberal whiners that keep wrecking my day. I hope you all go back to your gay bars and stay the hell away from my ballot boxes.
If something is binary, weapons or no weapons, it can be proved one way or the other.
Phew! That's a relief!
So, does God exist? I'm glad I finally found someone who pointed out that the existance of God is binary, and therefore is provable one way or the other!
Well, don't keep us waiting! Which is it?!
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You idiot. I can't prove that there is no Loch Ness Monster. I can't prove that Santa Claus doesn't exist. I can't prove that a blue monkey doesn't control your thoughts. I can't prove that aliens DID NOT LAND IN IOWA LAST NIGHT AND MOVE A SLEEPING COW ONE FOOT TO THE LEFT, IN DEFIANCE OF ALL LOGIC!
You can't prove a negative like that.
Or, to use your "W00t!" lingo against you: PWN3D!
Education is the silver bullet.
What's sexual about a tit? It's used for feeding babies. Do you get a boner looking at a fork, a knife, a plate, or a spoon?
What is so sexual and offensive about a tit?
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I found the whole halftime "tit show" disappointing
Disappointed that they didn't show both tits?
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