Posted by
Casey on Monday, November 05, 2007 3:31:54 PM
I'll save the overall argument about Saddam's wmd programs for another time. I'm writing a book about it so I'm not giving out a bunch of free info on the matter. You can always join the over 1,500 people that have taken The Iraq War Test to learn more. Bottom line is that we found BM-21 rockets loaded with sarin and ready to fire during the invasion ... case closed.
The reason I'm focusing on the uranium argument here with 60 Minutes is that the 500 tons of uranium found, and removed from Iraq, is a slam dunk as it is the most reported story of Saddam having banned substances before the invasion. If you don't know the story of the 500 tons of uranium you should ...
- Recuse yourself from any wmd discussion because you don't know what the hell you're talking about ... and
- You should read on because I will give you more info, and provide you with links to the story.
Now back to 60 Minutes' lying ways.
Before we start in on 60 Minutes it is important to know the highly liberal stance they take. For instance, they did a
whole segment on the
Appeal for Redress (an anti-war petition from military personnel) a while back, but they refused to provide the same airtime to the
Appeal for Courage (a pro-war petition from military personnel) even though the Appeal for Courage has more signatures. I've received the runaround from 60 Minutes about the issue, and I've spoken with LT. Nichols about the matter. For a giggle, you should look at both appeals media page to see the huge distortion in media coverage. LT. Nichols, by the way, is in Iraq.
Last week, 60 Minutes ran
this story ...
Did Saddam Hussein have weapons of mass destruction? No, he did not. We've known that for some time now. So where did the intelligence come from that he was building up his arsenal? Fantastically, the most compelling part came from one obscure Iraqi defector who came in and out of history like a comet. His code name, ironically, was "Curve Ball" and his information became the pillar of the case Colin Powell made to the United Nations before the war. Who is Curve Ball and how did he fool the world's elite intelligence agencies?
60 Minutes spent two years, and traveled to nine countries, trying to solve the mystery. We talked to intelligence sources, to people who knew Curve Ball and to people who worked with him. As correspondent Bob Simon reports, Curve Ball's real name has never been made public, nor has any video of him, until now.
A very "unbiased" and "honest" introductory isn't it. Too bad the wmd statements are completely false, but I digress.
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If you still think that Saddam did not have wmds, or any wmd programs you need to read the rest of this post ... follow the link above.