June 25, 2003
Democrat Senator Publicly Denounces WMD "Cover-Up"
West Virginia Senator Robert C. Byrd (D) delivered a scathing oratory on the US Senate floor denouncing President Bush’s perception of the immediate threat of WMDs in Iraq. At one point he asked whether America was safer than before the invasion (a prerequisite for a self-defense war stance):
The President told the American people that we were compelled to go to war to secure our country from a grave threat. Are we any safer today than we were on March 18, 2003? Our nation has been committed to rebuilding a country ravaged by war and tyranny, and the cost of that task is being paid in blood and treasure every day.
It will be interesting to see how the Whitehouse responds to these increasingly public questions about intelligence and hype surrounding Iraq’s capabilities.
Posted by Stephen VanDyke at June 25, 2003 04:17 PMThere’s a theory circulating recently that the White House actually has real proof of WMD’s but is waiting to release that information and evidence at the most opportune time so they can get the most political gain from it.
If this is the case, it’s may be worse than allegedly lying about WMD’s in the first place because it shows that the GOP and the White House are not above deceiving the American people for political gain. Which is the point most people are making about the WMD thing anyway: the American people should not tolerate dishonest, lying people running our country.
Posted by: Cam at June 25, 2003 05:11 PMI had the same dream last night. In my dream George had a shovel and Dick Cheney was telling where to dig.
Posted by: Rick at June 25, 2003 06:05 PMI wouldn’t be surprised if Osama was being held at Camp X Ray in Cuba ready to be trotted out when Karl Rove thinks it will do Bush the most good.
Posted by: Rick at June 25, 2003 06:13 PM
