Sorry, jimmy. The only thing you were even close on was Iraq-9/11 link, which Bush NEVER claimed existed. That was Dem.-MSM hype. Saddam was paying $25,000 for suicide bombers and also harbored Abu Nadal and others for years. He used chemical weapons against Iran and the Kurds. 5,000 Kurds were killed in one town. It took only three artillery rounds to do it, so you don’t need alot. Also, that stuff is very hard to store because it is so corrosive, so you generally make it when you intend to use it. Still, we did find some stores of it. We also removed about 500 metric tons of urainium, (yellow cake, might want to ask Joe Wilson to explain that), 1.8 tons enriched close to weapons grade, plus the centrifuges used for enrichment. Reported in the NY Times, May 22, 2004, I believe. The late, unlamented Al-Zaqawi (remember him?) did not follow us to Iraq. He had been wounded in Afghanistan and went to Iraq, where he was waiting for us. His plan was to use Iraq as a base to attack Jordan, where he was from. And if Iran had to be taken down, the best way is to come in from southern Iraq. Pakistan is too unstable, the border with Turkey is very narrow and all mountains and Afghanistan is landlocked and would be a logistical nightmare to try and accomplish. As for sea-borne landings, ask any vet who was at Normandy or the South Pacific what that was like.
Don’t bother with the “blood for oil” routine. If you were serious, we would drill our own oil and the OPEC to go f*** itself.
