Posted by M. Wright | Filed in: Uncategorized

I realize that liberals are incapable of comprehending information harmful to their stated policy that Saddam Hussein had no WMD programs and no ties to terrorism, but I love posting these little reminders anyway.
Let’s take a little trip down recent-history lane, shall we?
Mark Elrod, Harding University poli-sci professor:
Of these findings, the most disturbing one is the widely-held belief among US troops that the US presence in Iraq has something to do with 9/11. This is considerably higher than what most Americans now believe about the 9/11-Saddam connection – a recent CBS News poll puts the number of Americans who believe that Saddam Hussein was personally involved in 9/11 at about 57%. That’s still pretty high considering the fact that the bipartisan 9/11 Commission determined in 2004 that there was no Al-Qaeda-Saddam connection.
Leon Gray, Air America radio host:
It’s occurred to me, a new rule needs to be put in place in order to assure Democrats and Republicans engaging in discussions where opinions differ that the argument is worth the time. Before the games begin both side must agree on what’s true and what’s not.
I tried it on my show recently and it’s a must…
For example: Finding no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq is true so discussions on opposing sides can only go forth after both sides agree on this point. There’s still the issue of bad intelligence, bringing democracy to the Iraqis, even the fact that country sits on 11% of the world’s oil supply. But, there were no W-M-D’s.
As I note in the comments, that particular “fact” happens not to be true. My old website devoted to the subject is here.
Resources:
- Foreign Military Studies Office Joint Reserve Intelligence Center: Operation Iraqi Freedom Documents
- Powerline: In Saddam’s Archives
- Daily Standard: The first batch of captured documents from pre-war Iraq and Afghanistan are now available online.
- Stephen Hayes: Who’ll Let the Docs Out?
- Michelle Malkin: An Army of Translators Needed
- Iraq the Model translates the first document
- Weekly Standard: Saddam’s Philippines Terror Connection
Opinion:
Developing…
March 17th, 2006 at 3:42 pm
Good old Mark Elrod . . . I remember him praising Carter in one poli-sci class I had with him, and as an impressionable 17-yr-old, I thought to myself, “Well, if my prof thinks he was a good president. . . .”
I had a lot to learn.
March 17th, 2006 at 6:35 pm
Duh.
March 18th, 2006 at 10:51 am
It seems like these documents aren’t getting enough play in the major media outlets. Surprise, surprise.
March 18th, 2006 at 12:17 pm
No surprise to me, but the MSM will downplay all the documents. I sickens me that we cannot hire enough credible translators to go through all the millions of boxes of documents retreived from Iraq. All that intelligence just sitting there. I hear President Bush is very upset at the slow pace of translation.