So, it seems that George W. Bush was right after all. It comes as no surprise to me. I was there. I know that Saddam had chemical weapons. I saw other conventional weapons as well. Like the cluster munitions that were not available until after 1995 smack dab in the middle of the United Nations-led weapons ban. I saw the newer bomb fuses that were re-packaged into older wooden crates dated pre-ban. I saw the radiological-tipped air-to-air missile that even the Pentagon did not know Saddam had. I saw the South African cluster bombs that Saddam swore he had none of. I toured the centrifuge facility south of the town of Tarmiyah that Saddam said wasn’t military.
Now it seems we were guarding a facility that housed chemical bombs and artillery shells. Then we turned it over to the Iraqis to be destroyed. And they didn’t. Now ISIS has it. Way to go, Haji.
Even more so, way to go Democrats and weak-kneed Republicans! The Dems knew all of this and still lied about it. The GOP knew they were lies and did nothing to stand up for their own or the military. But that is part and parcel to each brand. The left will say anything to get elected. The right will let the left say anything and will simply turn the other cheek hoping that the good will of man will win the day.
It only took eleven years for the truth to come out. But it always does—eventually. How much different would this world be if we hadn’t squandered the next three elections trying to shed the taint of false truths and slander.
We are going to be this screwed until one of two things happen:
- The right has to cultivate a truth teller; someone who will tell the unvarnished truth in a clear, concise, and biting way. Someone who will stand up to liberal (and media) lies.
- The left finally tells enough whoppers that the unwashed cattle (voting public) sees them for what they are and revolt against them in the ballot booth.
I don’t see the first happening in the next ten or more years. But the second has strong possibilities.