OK.....how are they going to explain THIS?????

[julka]

"The larger point is did Saddam Hussein have a weapons program? And the answer is, absolutely. And we gave him a chance to allow the inspectors in, and he wouldn't let them in. And, therefore, after a reasonable request, we decided to remove him from power, along with other nations, so as to make sure he was not a threat to the United States and our friends and allies in the region," he added.

isn't this the most obvious, most asinine misstatement he's EVER made?

I know that's saying alot, but he should be FLAYED for saying this.

he's either, what, completely delusional (or Ted Baxter, as Matthews called him---just reading, uncomprehendingly, everything put in front of his gin-blossomed face)

or

so deep into his pathology that he thinks he can say ANYthing, and the credulous wimps who've been making excuses for him all his life will just swallow this one, and ask for another, thank you.

it sure happened as far as TV tonight. the Washington Post picked up on it, very gingerly, of course, in a story debunking another of his lies told yesterday.

But this is such an EASY one for everybody to rip to shreds.

Just HOW ignorant, callous, dismissive of reality, incompetent does this demonstrate this halfwit to be?

can one possibly ask for a more embarrassing way for the emperor's clothes to be torn off?

my god......NO INSPECTORS?????????

people all around the world were PLEADING to keep them in there, but they were INCOMPETENT, right?

how bout some quotes from the boy himself, disparaging Blix, etal, and hammering away at the imminent danger to us (mushroom clouds, anyone), unless we invaded post haste?

I still can't believe he said it!

[julka]

1. this is so ridiculous, SO asinine (ten?)

The United Nations' chief weapons inspectors appealed to Iraqi officials Saturday to be more forthcoming about the country's weapons of mass destruction or face "serious consequences" when the Security Council meets January 27 to assess the inspectors' progress.

"We are making a last-ditch effort before the 27th of January to impress upon them: 'This is an opportunity, don't lose that opportunity. Give us what we need to be able to report positively to the Security Council,'" said Mohamed ElBaradei, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, the U.N. nuclear agency.

snip

guess he forgot about any of this

U.S. President George W. Bush, however, said the discovery was "troubling and serious" and a sign that Iraq is not disarming, White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said Friday. (Full story)

Bush has threatened military action against Iraq if it refuses to abide by United Nations resolutions calling for it to disarm itself of weapons of mass destruction. Baghdad has repeatedly denied possessing such chemical, nuclear or biological weapons.

An Iraqi scientist Saturday described what he called "Mafia-like" tactics employed by U.N. inspectors who searched his house.......s


http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/01/18/sproject.irq.wrap/

I knowk, it's like Bush saying that the executive branch interprets the law, or something. most people just let it go, but this is just too much to bear.

[DagmarK]

2. It's LUDICROUS.........

I honestly believe that he has no idea about who or what or why or how about ANYTHING. Everyday is a new day to the boy king.

Tomorrow.....my prediction: his handlers will explain that he MEANT to say that the Saddam wasn't cooperating with the inspectors.....that Saddam wasn't letting the inspectors in "particular buildings". Georgie just forgot to say "in particular buildings." Of course the presi KNOWS there were inspectors IN Iraq. blah blah blah......

Or maybe bushboy is thinking "this job sucks.....please can I quit or get fired!" Now, that's a funny thought. Here you have a real slacker all his life and all of a sudden he is actually responsible for something (well, he doesn't do anything, but the world turns to him to explain things.....though he can't accomplish that). Shoot.....this is hard to express since he doesn't DO anything ...including think and speak for himself. But anyways, can't you just see George sitting there thinking to himself......."sheesh, all my other jobs, all I had to do was send a resignation letter by courier. And in THIS job.....shit.....I have to stay and WORSE, they want me to sign up for 4 more years. This is more taxing than the commitment to Texas Air National Guard. At least then I could do what I wanted."

He must really want to be out of a job.........the feeling is mutual, George!

[xxqqqzme]

3. I read the unrelenting string of

'try-out' terms - the latest is inserting but de-emphasizing the word 'programs'after weapons and I am speechless, dumbfounded, perplexed and confused. Do the handlers think the American people are all as thick headed & ADD afflicted as squatter?

[julka]

4. YES!

I was thinking about starting a thread on the program thing.

like, when exactly did it transmogrify from "possesses Weapons of Mass Destruction" to merely "weapons PROgrams."

and they are EXquisitely careful to use that ONE little word: PROGRAMS......I never see that brought up anywhere, especially by demflacks on the tube

why don't said demflacks READ this site?

their arguments on TV are SO weak most of the time.

today, Ed Markey was an embarrassment. he let that halfwit Dana ROARboacher surf all over him.....didn't have a decent comeback, and looked very illprepared.

just about anybody here can out-think the pansies they have on TV

sorry, pansies

[xxqqqzme]

6. OMG - roar-back-at-cha

is my lame ass congressman. It should NOT B difficult 2 take him down, he is such a loooooozer!

[aquart]

9. That man does not have ADD.

And I damn well object to it being used as a slur.

[julka]

10. abby.....didn't he mean Alcoholic's Deficit Disorder?

*

[proud patriot]

5. That statement there reminds me of Reagans "Trees cause pollution"

statement ...

bush's attention span is much shorter that the average human
thatis the only plausible explanation

[julka]

7. believe it or not, Trees DO cause pollution, if you look at 'respiration'

in the absence sunlight, plants "respire," which means they give of CO2, so they DO add to greenhouse gases. part of photosynthesis.

[julka]

8. that is, if you call greenhousee gases pollution

how's that?

http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/research/greenhouse/carbonexchange/annual_components.asp

[proud patriot]

11. Great ...thanks

I just learned a new word "respiration"

[julka]

12. the res uses it like this:

"when I work out strenuously, my T shirt is soaked with respiration"

[mrfrapp]

14. Not.

"in the absence sunlight, plants "respire," which means they give of CO2,"

Plants respire even if sunlight is present. Of course, they also photosynthesise in the sunlight and the net effect is more oxygen is released by the plant during daylight hours.

"so they DO add to greenhouse gases."

Perhaps, but overall they release more oxygen than C02. The net effect therefore, is not pollution.

"part of photosynthesis"

Breathing has nothing to do with photosynthesis.

[NJCher]

13. I heard it and was dumbfounded

Really, just didn't know what to say or think.

Upon recovery, my first thought was what the leaders of other nations must think. What an absolutely foolish, insane thing to say. One might think his credibility could not sink any lower but I think this could possibly have accomplished that gargantuan feat.


Cher