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Friday, August 30, 2002
Amid Worldwide Skepticism, Cheney Again Slams Iraq "Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction," Cheney said, reprising a fighting speech he gave on Monday in Nashville, Tennessee. "There is no doubt that he is amassing them to use them against our friends, against our allies and against us," he said. Uhh, no. Saddam does not pose a threat to anybody outside the borders of Iraq. The whole world knows this. As I mentioned in an earlier post, the only reason he has biological, chemical, and/or nuclear weapons (if he has them) is to protect his own ass and to inflict maximum damage on anyone who comes after him. If he uses them, or even threatens to use them, for any other purpose, he's dead. Finished. Kaput. Done. Not only would we kill him several times over, but his support in the Arab world would disintegrate instantly, and we'd look like heroes for taking out an actual threat. Ok. I've had about enough of this. It's not so bad when they lie to us about the deficit, taxes, the environment, etc.; at least then they come up with some obfuscatory rationales that at least sound plausible. You even get the sense that someone, somewhere, believes the stuff. But this is just ridiculous. Obviously Dick Cheney thinks we're all a bunch of freaking morons. Update: Matthew Rothschild at the Progressive gives the issue a more complete treatment. via Buzzflash 
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