BACK PEDDLING : a history of national deception and state of moral denial

BACK PEDDLING - a history of national deception and state of moral
denial

One would think that responsible people would grow weary of all the
back peddling that the Bush Administration has done, as related to the
alleged reasons for deliberately going to war against Iraq. That does
not seem to be the case though. In the end, however, history likely
will not be so kind and will record the truth about this national
deception and state of moral denial.

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Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons
of mass destruction.

Dick Cheney
Speech to VFW National Convention
August 26, 2002


Right now, Iraq is expanding and improving facilities that were used
for the production of biological weapons.

George W. Bush
Speech to UN General Assembly
September 12, 2002



If he declares he has none, then we will know that Saddam Hussein is
once again misleading the world.

Ari Fleischer
Press Briefing
December 2, 2002



We know for a fact that there are weapons there.

Ari Fleischer
Press Briefing
January 9, 2003



Our intelligence officials estimate that Saddam Hussein had the
materials to produce as much as 500 tons of sarin, mustard and VX
nerve agent.

George W. Bush
State of the Union Address
January 28, 2003



We know that Saddam Hussein is determined to keep his weapons of mass
destruction, is determined to make more.

Colin Powell
Remarks to UN Security Council
February 5, 2003



We have sources that tell us that Saddam Hussein recently authorized
Iraqi field commanders to use chemical weapons -- the very weapons the
dictator tells us he does not have.

George W. Bush
Radio Address
February 8, 2003



If Iraq had disarmed itself, gotten rid of its weapons of mass
destruction over the past 12 years, or over the last several months
since (UN Resolution) 1441 was enacted, we would not be facing the
crisis that we now have before us . . . But the suggestion that we are
doing this because we want to go to every country in the Middle East
and rearrange all of its pieces is not correct.

Colin Powell
Interview with Radio France International
February 28, 2003



So has the strategic decision been made to disarm Iraq of its weapons
of mass destruction by the leadership in Baghdad? . . . I think our
judgment has to be clearly not.

Colin Powell
Remarks to UN Security Council
March 7, 2003



Intelligence gathered by this and other governments leaves no doubt
that the Iraq regime continues to possess and conceal some of the most
lethal weapons ever devised.

George W. Bush
Address to the Nation
March 17, 2003



Well, there is no question that we have evidence and information that
Iraq has weapons of mass destruction, biological and chemical
particularly . . . all this will be made clear in the course of the
operation, for whatever duration it takes.

Ari Fleisher
Press Briefing
March 21, 2003



There is no doubt that the regime of Saddam Hussein possesses weapons
of mass destruction. And . . . as this operation continues, those
weapons will be identified, found, along with the people who have
produced them and who guard them.

Gen. Tommy Franks
Press Conference
March 22, 2003



I have no doubt we're going to find big stores of weapons of mass
destruction.

Defense Policy Board member Kenneth Adelman
Washington Post, p. A27
March 23, 2003



One of our top objectives is to find and destroy the WMD. There are a
number of sites.

Pentagon Spokeswoman Victoria Clark
Press Briefing
March 22, 2003



We know where they are. They're in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad
and east, west, south and north somewhat.

Donald Rumsfeld
ABC Interview
March 30, 2003



Obviously the administration intends to publicize all the weapons of
mass destruction U.S. forces find -- and there will be plenty.

Neocon scholar Robert Kagan
Washington Post op-ed
April 9, 2003



But make no mistake -- as I said earlier -- we have high confidence
that they have weapons of mass destruction. That is what this war was
about and it is about. And we have high confidence it will be found.

Ari Fleischer
Press Briefing
April 10, 2003



We are learning more as we interrogate or have discussions with Iraqi
scientists and people within the Iraqi structure, that perhaps he
destroyed some, perhaps he dispersed some. And so we will find them.

George W. Bush
NBC Interview
April 24, 2003



There are people who in large measure have information that we need .
.. . so that we can track down the weapons of mass destruction in that
country.

Donald Rumsfeld
Press Briefing
April 25, 2003



We'll find them. It'll be a matter of time to do so.

George W. Bush
Remarks to Reporters
May 3, 2003



I'm absolutely sure that there are weapons of mass destruction there
and the evidence will be forthcoming. We're just getting it just now.

Colin Powell
Remarks to Reporters
May 4, 2003



We never believed that we'd just tumble over weapons of mass
destruction in that country.

Donald Rumsfeld
Fox News Interview
May 4, 2003



I'm not surprised if we begin to uncover the weapons program of Saddam
Hussein -- because he had a weapons program.

George W. Bush
Remarks to Reporters
May 6, 2003



U.S. officials never expected that "we were going to open garages and
find" weapons of mass destruction.

Condoleeza Rice
Reuters Interview
May 12, 2003



I just don't know whether it was all destroyed years ago -- I mean,
there's no question that there were chemical weapons years ago --
whether they were destroyed right before the war, (or) whether they're
still hidden.

Maj. Gen. David Petraeus, Commander 101st Airborne
Press Briefing
May 13, 2003



Before the war, there's no doubt in my mind that Saddam Hussein had
weapons of mass destruction, biological and chemical. I expected them
to be found. I still expect them to be found.

Gen. Michael Hagee, Commandant of the Marine Corps
Interview with Reporters
May 21, 2003



Given time, given the number of prisoners now that we're
interrogating, I'm confident that we're going to find weapons of mass
destruction.

Gen. Richard Myers, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff
NBC Today Show interview
May 26, 2003



They may have had time to destroy them, and I don't know the answer.

Donald Rumsfeld
Remarks to the Council on Foreign Relations
May 27, 2003



For bureaucratic reasons, we settled on one issue, weapons of mass
destruction (as justification for invading Iraq) because it was the
one reason everyone could agree on.

Paul Wolfowitz
Vanity Fair interview
May 28, 2003

It was a surprise to me then — it remains a surprise to me now — that
we have not uncovered weapons, as you say, in some of the forward
dispersal sites. Believe me, it's not for lack of trying. We've been
to virtually every ammunition supply point between the Kuwaiti border
and Baghdad, but they're simply not there.

Lt. Gen. James Conway, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force
Press Interview
May 30, 2003

Do I think we're going to find something? Yeah, I kind of do, because
I think there's a lot of information out there."

Maj. Gen. Keith Dayton, Defense Intelligence Agency
Press Conference
May 30, 2003

On Sat, 27 Dec 2003 1333 GMT, zimmer@crossbowcreek.con (Zanzebar)
wrote this crap:

>
>BACK PEDDLING - a history of national deception and state of moral
>denial
>
>One would think that responsible people would grow weary of all the
>back peddling that the Bush Administration has done,

Back peddling? From the Bush Administration? Don't you follow the
news? or is your head too far up your ass? Everything President
George W. Bush has said about Saddam and his government has been
proven correct.

Overwhelming evidence of WMDs has been found.
Mass graves found.
Saddam has been shown to be a sniveling coward.
Evidence of his failure to follow the UN resolutions has been found.
The true colors of the French have been exposed.
Evidence of collusion with Al-queda has been exposed.
And much much much more.



Horvath@Horvath.net

This signature is now the ultimate power in the universe

"Zanzebar" wrote in message
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> BACK PEDDLING - a history of national deception and state of moral
> denial

It's "backpedaling."

> One would think that responsible people would grow weary of all the
> back peddling that the Bush Administration has done,

Not as weary as seeing illiterate people write "back peddling."

Rita

"Zanzebar" wrote in message
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> BACK PEDDLING -

You're selling backs? Is that like selling hog bellies on the Chicago Board
of Trade?

--
Dave Thompson
(The Other)

"Dave Thompson" wrote in message
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> "Zanzebar" wrote in message
> news:3fed8569.4077388@news.cox-internet.com...
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> > BACK PEDDLING -
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> You're selling backs? Is that like selling hog bellies on the Chicago
Board
> of Trade?

I believe it's a politically correct term for "selling" something else,
Brother Dave.

Rita

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> --
> Dave Thompson
> (The Other)
>
>

Dave, Isn't back-peddling an ancient form of oriental massage?
Marc

Rita wrote:

> "Zanzebar" wrote in message
> news:3fed8569.4077388@news.cox-internet.com...
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>>BACK PEDDLING - a history of national deception and state of moral
>>denial
>
>
> It's "backpedaling."
>
In his case, it's "back piddling".

Al