Raising taxes to pay for... (weapon, Rockefeller, treason, invasion)
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Healthcare including insurance and Defense spend the most on lobbying. Healthcare spends 6X more than Defense.
Oh don't get me started on how rigged healthcare is with how because of one out of network doctor you never met on a surgery team, the surgery goes from the low/mid ten thousands to hundreds of thousands. Some how that is legal.
Yep. The UN was in full agreement with the U.S. on both Iraq's WMDs and the need to eradicate them and Iraq's WMD programs, based on their own chief weapons inspector's info.
Tell me about the WMDs uncovered in Dubya's invasion. Since that was his cover story.
So, Clinton carried on Daddy Bush's policy vs Saddam with the support of the UN. And not a single US serviceman was killed in the effort.
In contrast, Dubya's ill-conceived blunder got no UN backing, allies turned their backs on him, cost trillions, lost and ruined untold thousands of lives and resulted in the rise of ISIS. All for no national interest.
Your move.
But I have to inform you that trying to deflect responsibility away from Dubya is a losing effort. He owns Iraq every bit as much as LBJ owns Nam.
Should we discuss the Democrat leaders who openly voted to give Bush the authority along with all of the bravado in their speeches?
Partisans only look to blame one party and lie to make "their side" look innocent.
"He will use those weapons of mass destruction again, as he has ten times since 1983." --Sandy Berger, Clinton National Security Adviser, Feb, 18, 1998
"[W]e urge you, after consulting with Congress, and consistent with the U.S. Constitution and laws, to take necessary actions (including, if appropriate, air and missile strikes on suspect Iraqi sites) to respond effectively to the threat posed by Iraq's refusal to end its weapons of mass destruction programs."
Letter to President Clinton, signed by: -- Democratic Senators Carl Levin, Tom Daschle, John Kerry, and others, Oct. 9, 1998
"Saddam Hussein has been engaged in the development of weapons of mass destruction technology which is a threat to countries in the region and he has made a mockery of the weapons inspection process." -Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D, CA), Dec. 16, 1998
"I will be voting to give the President of the United States the authority to use force -- if necessary -- to disarm Saddam Hussein because I believe that a deadly arsenal of weapons of mass destruction in his hands is a real and grave threat to our security." -- Sen. John F. Kerry (D, MA), Oct. 9, 2002
Tell me about the WMDs uncovered in Dubya's invasion. Since that was his cover story.
Please.
I'll tell you what Dr Hans Blix, the UN's Chief Weapons Inspector, said in late January 2003:
Quote:
"I have mentioned the issue of anthrax to the Council on previous occasions and I come back to it as it is an important one.
Iraq has declared that it produced about 8,500 litres of this biological warfare agent, which it states it unilaterally destroyed in the summer of 1991. Iraq has provided little evidence for this production and no convincing evidence for its destruction.
There are strong indications that Iraq produced more anthrax than it declared, and that at least some of this was retained after the declared destruction date. It might still exist. Either it should be found and be destroyed under UNMOVIC supervision or else convincing evidence should be produced to show that it was, indeed, destroyed in 1991."
Dr. Hans Blix, Chief UN Weapons Inspector
Addressing the UN Security Council
January 27, 2003
Quote:
"The nerve agent VX is one of the most toxic ever developed.
13,000 chemical bombs were dropped by the Iraqi Air Force between 1983 and 1988, while Iraq has declared that 19,500 bombs were consumed during this period. Thus, there is a discrepancy of 6,500 bombs. The amount of chemical agent in these bombs would be in the order of about 1,000 tonnes."
Dr. Hans Blix, Chief UN Weapons Inspector
Addressing the UN Security Council
January 27, 2003
Quote:
"Also associated with these missiles and related developments is the import, which has been taking place during the last few years, of a number of items despite the sanctions, including as late as December 2002. Foremost amongst these is the import of 380 rocket engines which may be used for the Al Samoud 2 [missiles that deliver biological and chemical weapons]."
Dr. Hans Blix, Chief UN Weapons Inspector
Addressing the UN Security Council
January 27, 2003
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Some how that is legal.
