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Originally Posted by Jetblast
You conspicuously skipped answering my previous posts showing how Bush knowingly lied about the WMD's and therefore committed a war crime. Anyone who argues the phony legal smokescreen Bush used as cover for his deception is not a devil's advocate but a participant. If you were honest you would have answered the parts that make it indisputable that we don't need to go further and argue the corrupt means Bush used to carry it out.
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Do you figure Bush knew one way or the other if Saddam had WMD's? Hell, Iraq had weaponry laying around that Saddam didn't even know about!
Regardless, the burden of proof wasn't on Bush to prove Iraq had WMD's - by the terms of Resolution 687, the burden of proof was on Iraq to prove that he didn't. Colin Powell didn't have to go before the UN with all of his charts and props and intelligence reports trying to prove his case... all he really had to do was to say "We know Iraq had WMD's - it used chemical and biological weapons against the Iranians and the Kurds - we know they were trying to build a nuclear capability. We also know that they haven't accounted for those weapons stockpiles. So if we know they had them and we don't know they have gotten rid of them, we have to assume that they still have them. What's the alternative? Take Saddam's word for it?"