Questioning Bush's Motives

[Miz Fyne]

I don't know if you all heard this but the former counterterrorism chief Richard A. Clark claimed that the day off after 9/11 President Bush made him find any evidence linking the attack to saddam hussein...

Clark quotes "I want you, as soon as you can, to go back over everything, everything...see if saddam did this. See if heh's likned in any way." Even though Clark kept telling Bush the attacks were from al-Qaeda, Bush was persistant to nail Saddam.

Basically Bush attacked Iraq and Saddam on very little proff that Saddam has anything to do with the attacks on 9/11. He went by his own personal vendatta...he doesn't deserve to be re-elected...


the article was from New York Times March 23rd, 2004 "Ex-Bush Aide, Finding Fault, Sets of Debate" Front page.

What do u all think?

[DesiStud1022]

As a leader of America, Bush did what he thought was best for the country. He captured enough oil to last America another 20 years.

Who cares what the reason was.

[NumbaOneStunna]

Obviously lot of people care

[Miz Fyne]

well destroying a whole country for your own benefit isn't something to sit and be proud of...ur basically implying that is okay to kill hundreds of innocent ppl for the sake of a resource where we can get from another country...iraq may have a large portion of oil but it is not the only one.

[DesiStud1022]

Obviously lot of people care

Not really. No one from the world stopped him before he went to war.

[DesiStud1022]

well destroying a whole country for your own benefit isn't something to sit and be proud of...ur basically implying that is okay to kill hundreds of innocent ppl for the sake of a resource where we can get from another country...iraq may have a large portion of oil but it is not the only one.

First off, I dont think Bush is done yet. Secondly, Saddam did have many weapons. The pictures and evidence that was brought up before the war and slightly after supported that. They never found Anthrax - fine, it was a mistake.

What is the purpose of a leader? To care for your people and make your country stronger. When the US was attacked, it was because no one stopped these countries years ago when they should have. Saddam was a threat to the US - Bush took care of it.

[NumbaOneStunna]

Obviously lot of people care

Not really. No one from the world stopped him before he went to war.
Hmm i can write an entire essay here but i will just restrict my mumblings to "people do care"

[desispeed]

You have to wonder why Clarke waited for an election year to bring the personal issues he had with Bush, he really sounded bitter on 60minutes this past week.

[Miz Fyne]

Saddam never used his weapons on us...and if he intended to which their is no proof of that...Bush felt threatned by Iraq BUT there are a million countries out there who fear of the threat of America...

[DesiStud1022]

Saddam never used his weapons on us...and if he intended to which their is no proof of that...Bush felt threatned by Iraq BUT there are a million countries out there who fear of the threat of America...

And if they were strong enough, by now, someone would have attempted to wage war.

[methodman535]

The bottom line is, America can beat anyone militarily and as soon as some unfriendly country or power starts getting WMDs or gaining any kind of power or strength...its in the US national interesest to neutralize that threat whether it be Iraq, Iran, Al Qaida, North Korea, China...the little ones are easy to harass so that happens more often, the bigger ones like China and USSR are engaged in a different way cuz a head on conflict would cause too much death amongst americans.

[kawiboy]

Saddam never used his weapons on us...and if he intended to which their is no proof of that...Bush felt threatned by Iraq BUT there are a million countries out there who fear of the threat of America...

The only reason Iraq was attacked was because Saddam was sitting on the most important asset needed for our survival. The Scuds may land in the oil fields but the heat will be felt on Wall St. Ofcourse, the civilized world can't let that happen, can we?

Like one "gora" said to me the other day, "When the Mid East is depleted of oil, that will be Judgement Day for the Arabs!"

[DesiStud1022]

^No one is sending scuds to oil fields. What are you talking about?

[kawiboy]

What do u all think?

I think Dick "We should've bombed Afghanistan in 1998" Clarke will make a fyne president! Or we could make him head of the new Secret Police agency he's proposing?



"We should feel free to attack terrorist groups, before they attack us, if we make a policy judgement that they pose a threat!"

"There should be a low threshold for evidence when implicating terrorist groups!"



Dick Clarke's Resume: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3559087.stm
Richard Clarke rose to prominence in the Reagan administration of the 1980s, when he became the second-ranking intelligence officer in the State Department.

According to the New York Times, he was credited with devising methods of psychological warfare against the Libyan leader, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi.

And what was his brilliant plan: Clarke concocted a zany plan to incite a coup against Moammar Gadhafi to punish the Libyan strongman for embracing terrorism. SR-71 spy planes would buzz Libya, creating sonic booms that would appear to herald an invasion, thus unnerving Gadhafi. Meanwhile, the U.S. Navy would fake hostilities off the coast and the State Department would encourage "speculation about likely Gadhafi successors,"

Needless to say, the Reagan administration scrapped this embarrassing piece of garbage.

Clarke leaves the State Department in 1992 - then serving in the administration of George Bush senior - amid a bitter row over Israel's alleged misuse of American military technology.

A State Department inspector accused him of going against the US government line by turning a blind-eye to Israel's sale of weapons bought from the US to China.

Muchos gracias, again!

Mr Clarke became one of the first US officials to initiate military action against al-Qaeda when, long before 11 September 2001, he argued for cruise-missile strikes against a target in Sudan.

Later reports suggested that the bombed target was, in fact, a medicine factory.

Thanks for everything, Mr. Clarke
I can see why everyone just loves this guy...

[kawiboy]

^No one is sending scuds to oil fields. What are you talking about?

Hint: Next time try reading between the lines instead of taking the literal meaning of everything. Take 2...