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Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
OK, let's look at what different people knew, believed, suspected, and wanted proof on prior to invading Iraq:
We all know Iraq used chemical weapons, that is, WMD, in the war with Iran.
We also all know that Iraq used such weapons in putting down their own people during the early 90s.
We know Iraq invaded Kuwait.
We know that Iraq violated the no-fly zones.
We know Iraq agreed to dismantle weapons and to UN inspections, that these inspections had ceased.
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We also know that the inspections ceased because SH kicked the inspectors out of the country.
We also know that the intelligence agencies of every country in the Western world believed SH had WMD after the inspectors were kicked out.
We also know that SH was bribing many of the UN diplomats with money he received from the oil for food program.
We also know that many countries that were voting on the war did not have purely the world's interests in mind; rather, they were voting to protect their debt and business contracts.
I'm not saying that there weren't legitimate arguments to be against the war, but to say that the vote, or the UN itself, is anything other than a complete fucking farce is just wrong and naieve.
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