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FirmhandKY -> RE: Should originators of False and misleading stories be held criminally accountable? (7/25/2010 5:51:35 PM)
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ORIGINAL: jlf1961
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ORIGINAL: Slavehandsome
How about the originators of the story about "Iraqi weapons of mass destruction"? Or, the originators of the Obama "Change" myth?
Actually, on this point, as I pointed out in another thread, it is a case of semantics, concerning Iraqi Weapons of Mass Destruction.
Were there any weapons of mass destruction found?
Yes, 500 chemical rounds containing DEGRADED mustard gas and sarin nerve agent.
Please note the word degraded.
Were these rounds useful as weapons?
Only if you were hit by them falling on you after being fired. The degraded agents were harmless as chemical weapons.
Were there any nukes found in Iraqi arsenals?
No, the Israeli Air Force disabled the Iraqi reactor needed to manufacture weapons grade materials in 1981 and it was never repaired, it was completely destroyed by Allied forces during the 1991 gulf war.
As I said, semantics.
Of course, the 500 metric tons of yellowcake left over were shipped to Canada after the invasion ...
And the justification was to prevent Saddam's acquisition of WoMD, if I recall.
Firm
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