Reply #49: Why was it so easy ? [View All]

[kentuck]

Because some Democrats never felt the need to defend his statements or non-statements? I'll admit that perhaps Gore could have done a better job answering their charges but he is only one man and he did not have unlimited access to the networks so I think it was impossible for him to answer every charge during the campaign. How would he have had time to talk about anything else? In my opinion, that is one of the purposes of the national Party to make sure that untru charges are answered. That is where the big failure was, in my opinion. Whether or not you agree with Al Gore is not important. Can you name one Democrat, yourself included, that has been more clear and truthful about the Bush record in Iraq than Al Gore?

Here are his 6 points: Note the comments about WMDs..

(1) Saddam Hussein was partly responsible for the attack against us on September 11th, 2001, so a good way to respond to that attack would be to invade his country and forcibly remove him from power.

(2) Saddam was working closely with Osama Bin Laden and was actively supporting members of the Al Qaeda terrorist group, giving them weapons and money and bases and training, so launching a war against Iraq would be a good way to stop Al Qaeda from attacking us again.

(3) Saddam was about to give the terrorists poison gas and deadly germs that he had made into weapons which they could use to kill millions of Americans. Therefore common sense alone dictated that we should send our military into Iraq in order to protect our loved ones and ourselves against a grave threat.

(4) Saddam was on the verge of building nuclear bombs and giving them to the terrorists. And since the only thing preventing Saddam from acquiring a nuclear arsenal was access to enriched uranium, once our spies found out that he had bought the enrichment technology he needed and was actively trying to buy uranium from Africa, we had very little time left. Therefore it seemed imperative during last Fall's election campaign to set aside less urgent issues like the economy and instead focus on the congressional resolution approving war against Iraq.

(5) Our GI's would be welcomed with open arms by cheering Iraqis who would help them quickly establish public safety, free markets and Representative Democracy, so there wouldn't be that much risk that US soldiers would get bogged down in a guerrilla war.

(6) Even though the rest of the world was mostly opposed to the war, they would quickly fall in line after we won and then contribute lots of money and soldiers to help out, so there wouldn't be that much risk that US taxpayers would get stuck with a huge bill.