History in the making
MARCH 30, 2003: Donald Rumsfeld:
"We know where [the weapons of mass destruction] are. They’re in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad and east, west, south and north somewhat."
MAY 29, 2003: Bush:
"We found the weapons of mass destruction."
JULY 2, 2003: Bush:
"There are some who feel like — that the conditions are such that they can attack us there. My answer is, bring them on."
MAY 30, 2005: Dick Cheney:
"I think [the Iraqis are] in the last throes, if you will, of the insurgency."
FEBRUARY 2, 2006: Rumsfeld:
“Is Iraq going to be a long war? No, I don’t believe it is.”
APRIL 12, 2006: Washington Post:
"On May 29, 2003, 50 days after the fall of Baghdad, President Bush proclaimed a fresh victory for his administration in Iraq: Two small trailers captured by U.S. and Kurdish troops had turned out to be long-sought mobile “biological laboratories.” He declared, “We have found the weapons of mass destruction.” The claim, repeated by top administration officials for months afterward, was hailed at the time as a vindication of the decision to go to war. But even as Bush spoke, U.S. intelligence officials possessed powerful evidence that it was not true."
JUNE 20, 2006: Iraqi National Security Adviser:
"We envisage the U.S. troop presence by year’s end to be under 100,000, with most of the remaining troops to return home by the end of 2007"
AUGUST 16, 2006: The US has fought longer in Iraq than it did in WWII against Germany.
"We know where [the weapons of mass destruction] are. They’re in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad and east, west, south and north somewhat."
MAY 29, 2003: Bush:
"We found the weapons of mass destruction."
JULY 2, 2003: Bush:
"There are some who feel like — that the conditions are such that they can attack us there. My answer is, bring them on."
MAY 30, 2005: Dick Cheney:
"I think [the Iraqis are] in the last throes, if you will, of the insurgency."
FEBRUARY 2, 2006: Rumsfeld:
“Is Iraq going to be a long war? No, I don’t believe it is.”
APRIL 12, 2006: Washington Post:
"On May 29, 2003, 50 days after the fall of Baghdad, President Bush proclaimed a fresh victory for his administration in Iraq: Two small trailers captured by U.S. and Kurdish troops had turned out to be long-sought mobile “biological laboratories.” He declared, “We have found the weapons of mass destruction.” The claim, repeated by top administration officials for months afterward, was hailed at the time as a vindication of the decision to go to war. But even as Bush spoke, U.S. intelligence officials possessed powerful evidence that it was not true."
JUNE 20, 2006: Iraqi National Security Adviser:
"We envisage the U.S. troop presence by year’s end to be under 100,000, with most of the remaining troops to return home by the end of 2007"
AUGUST 16, 2006: The US has fought longer in Iraq than it did in WWII against Germany.
posted by Endorendil at 21:18
1 Comments:
And it ain't anywhere near over.
Hopefully, the blank check the Chimperor had for Iraq is about to expire.
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