Monday morning quarterback

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A long while back, George W Bush told the people of the U.S. that he wanted to protect us from terrorism by waging war on Iraq. He told us that they had weapons of mass destruction and that they would probably use them on us if we didn't act swiftly.

Here are some quotes from our president from March 17th 2003

On why we must invade Iraq:
"The danger is clear: using chemical, biological or, one day, nuclear weapons, obtained with the help of Iraq, the terrorists could fulfill their stated *****ions and kill thousands or hundreds of thousands of innocent people in our country, or any other."
None of these weapons have been found. Thousands have died.

On what the Iraqi people can expect:
"In a free Iraq, there will be no more wars of aggression against your neighbors, no more poison factories, no more executions of dissidents, no more torture chambers and rape rooms. The tyrant will soon be gone. The day of your liberation is near."
The thing Bush doesn't understand is that there is no such thing as Iraq. There are Shiites, Muslims, Kurds, etc. All enemies with one thing in common: Their undivided hatred of the U.S. government. And incidentally, the tryant is gone now. They are now liberated. So when does the "no more wars of aggression against your neighbors" thing start?

On our honor and integrity:
"Should Saddam Hussein choose confrontation, the American people can know that every measure has been taken to avoid war, and every measure will be taken to win it. Americans understand the costs of conflict because we have paid them in the past. War has no certainty, except the certainty of sacrifice."
We have paid the price. Where's the return on my investment? Does Haliburton have it? Do the people in the country we call "Iraq" have it? Where is it? What did the American people get from this war? I don't feel any safer. Do you?

On fear:
"Should enemies strike our country, they would be attempting to shift our attention with panic and weaken our morale with fear. In this, they would fail. No act of theirs can alter the course or shake the resolve of this country. We are a peaceful people -- yet we're not a fragile people, and we will not be intimidated by thugs and killers. If our enemies dare to strike us, they and all who have aided them, will face fearful consequences."
Based on what I've seen, the only ones attempting to shift my attention with panic and fear seems to be our right-winged media and our government with their "terror alerts" that always seem to be false alarms. Did you notice he used the word "fear" twice in that paragraph?

You can read the entire speech here.