2008 Woodie Awards
Enough is enough about the WMDs
Samuel Bosch
Issue date: 3/30/06 Section: Perspectives
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It has been almost three years that we first began our military operations in Iraq. We have seen this conflict evolve from the "Shock and Awe" campaign to the trial of a deposed dictator and his cronies.
Like the war in Vietnam, our war in Iraq is being fought on two fronts. The actual fighting abroad, and the domestic turmoil caused by our foreign policy.
One of the hotter topics of discussion has been the weapons of mass destruction, and the fact that we haven't found them. Both the Bush administration and the U.N. had intelligence that suggested Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction, and both used this to make a case for war in Iraq.
Most of the people that oppose the war have a tendency of ranting and raving about the fact that no weapons of mass destruction were found. For those people who are convinced that not finding these weapons proves that Saddam had "disarmed," read closely.
Yes I said, "disarmed" because any rational human being, who knows anything about this subject, understands that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction, and used them on his own people. We should remember those thousands of Kurds in northern Iraq that were gassed to death with chemically laced artillery shells in 1989. This massacre is well documented, yet often overlooked by anyone who insists that we never found these weapons.
I understand that when someone argues a point it is typical to leave out any information that might damage your case. However, to flat-out deny the existence of these weapons programs is foolish.
In April 1991 after the Gulf War ended, the U.N. Security Council passed Resolution 687, which detailed the fact that the economic sanctions imposed on Iraq would continue unless Iraq discontinued illegal weapons programs. Now, if the U.N. drafted a resolution in 1991 that mandated this man to stop these programs, it is clear to me that the international community is well aware that Saddam had weapons of mass destruction.
Like the war in Vietnam, our war in Iraq is being fought on two fronts. The actual fighting abroad, and the domestic turmoil caused by our foreign policy.
One of the hotter topics of discussion has been the weapons of mass destruction, and the fact that we haven't found them. Both the Bush administration and the U.N. had intelligence that suggested Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction, and both used this to make a case for war in Iraq.
Most of the people that oppose the war have a tendency of ranting and raving about the fact that no weapons of mass destruction were found. For those people who are convinced that not finding these weapons proves that Saddam had "disarmed," read closely.
Yes I said, "disarmed" because any rational human being, who knows anything about this subject, understands that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction, and used them on his own people. We should remember those thousands of Kurds in northern Iraq that were gassed to death with chemically laced artillery shells in 1989. This massacre is well documented, yet often overlooked by anyone who insists that we never found these weapons.
I understand that when someone argues a point it is typical to leave out any information that might damage your case. However, to flat-out deny the existence of these weapons programs is foolish.
In April 1991 after the Gulf War ended, the U.N. Security Council passed Resolution 687, which detailed the fact that the economic sanctions imposed on Iraq would continue unless Iraq discontinued illegal weapons programs. Now, if the U.N. drafted a resolution in 1991 that mandated this man to stop these programs, it is clear to me that the international community is well aware that Saddam had weapons of mass destruction.