Why the US invaded Iraq, take 23
Undersecretary of State John Bolton, one of the scariest neocons around, now says that having WMD's wasn't the issue. Even having WMD programs wasn't the issue. No, the issue was that Iraq sought WMD programs, and that justified the invasion.
In an interview with The Associated Press, John Bolton, undersecretary of state for arms control, said that whether Saddam's regime actually possessed weapons of mass destruction "isn't really the issue."
"The issue I think has been the capability that Iraq sought to have ... WMD programs," Bolton said at the U.S. Embassy in Paris.
And while the brutality of Saddam's regime is the most common excuse heard in the last few months, Bolton seems to suggest that Saddam didn't kill enough people:
Bolton said that Saddam kept "a coterie" of scientists he was preserving for the day when he could build nuclear weapons unhindered by international constraints.
That fact, combined with Iraq's history of deceiving U.N. inspectors, showed that Saddam could not be trusted to abandon his ambition to develop unconventional weapons, Bolton said.
"Whether he possessed them today or four years ago isn't really the issue," he said. "As long as that regime was in power, it was determined to get nuclear, chemical and biological weapons one way or another."
You've seen all the quotes -- these liars justified their war on the claim that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. Lots of them. Every type. Now Bolton says that they had some scientists who knew how to make weapons, and that was good enough. People of this sort can, and will, justify anything.
Undersecretary of State John Bolton, one of the scariest neocons around, now says that having WMD's wasn't the issue. Even having WMD programs wasn't the issue. No, the issue was that Iraq sought WMD programs, and that justified the invasion.
In an interview with The Associated Press, John Bolton, undersecretary of state for arms control, said that whether Saddam's regime actually possessed weapons of mass destruction "isn't really the issue."
"The issue I think has been the capability that Iraq sought to have ... WMD programs," Bolton said at the U.S. Embassy in Paris.
And while the brutality of Saddam's regime is the most common excuse heard in the last few months, Bolton seems to suggest that Saddam didn't kill enough people:
Bolton said that Saddam kept "a coterie" of scientists he was preserving for the day when he could build nuclear weapons unhindered by international constraints.
That fact, combined with Iraq's history of deceiving U.N. inspectors, showed that Saddam could not be trusted to abandon his ambition to develop unconventional weapons, Bolton said.
"Whether he possessed them today or four years ago isn't really the issue," he said. "As long as that regime was in power, it was determined to get nuclear, chemical and biological weapons one way or another."
You've seen all the quotes -- these liars justified their war on the claim that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. Lots of them. Every type. Now Bolton says that they had some scientists who knew how to make weapons, and that was good enough. People of this sort can, and will, justify anything.
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