And at the time, Saddam Hussein was proved to have chemical weaponry stocks, and Scud Missiles.
Good. Let's take that as a starting point.
Hower, things have changed between 1992 and 2002, and U.N. inspectors could not say that Saddam Hussein actually owned any WDM anymore.
However, the cease-fire agreement obligated Saddam to PROVE that he didn't own them any more.
I therefor claim that
a) Since the inspectors "could not say", Saddam failed to prove that he didn't have WMDs any more.
Since he failed to do what the cease-fire agreement demanded of him, he broke the cease-fire agreement.
c) Since he was known to have WMDs and it was never shown that he didn't have them any more, the assumption that he still had them was a valid one.
That is why this whole case is just another desperate lie invented by democrat-bashers.
"Iraq's search for weapons of mass destruction has proven impossible to deter and we should assume that it will continue for as long as Saddam is in power."
Al Gore, Sept. 23, 2002.
"We have known for many years that Saddam Hussein is seing and developing weapons of mass destruction."
Sen. Ted Kennedy (D, MA), Sept. 27, 2002.
"The last UN weapons inspectors left Iraq in October1998. We are confident that Saddam Hussein retains some stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons, and that he has since embarked on a crash course to build up his chemical and biological warfare capabilities. Intelligence reports indicate that he is seeking nuclear weapons..."
Sen. Robert Byrd (D, WV), Oct. 3, 2002.
"I will be voting to give the President of the United States the authority to use force — if necessary — to disarm Saddam Hussein because I believe that a deadly arsenal of weapons of mass destruction in his hands is a real and grave threat to our security."
Sen. John F. Kerry (D, MA), Oct. 9, 2002.
"In the four years since the inspectors left, intelligence reports show that Saddam Hussein has worked to rebuild his chemical and biological weapons stock, his missile delivery capability, and his nuclear program. He has also given aid, comfort, and sanctuary to terrorists, including al Qaeda members. It is clear, however, that if left unchecked, Saddam Hussein will continue to increase his capacity to wage biological and chemical warfare, and will keep trying to develop nuclear weapons."
Sen. Hillary Clinton (D, NY), Oct 10, 2002
"We are in possession of what I think to be compelling evidence that Saddam Hussein has, and has had for a number of years, a developing capacity for the production and storage of weapons of mass destruction. "[W]ithout question, we need to disarm Saddam Hussein. He is a brutal, murderous dictator, leading an oppressive regime ... He presents a particularly grievous threat because he is so consistently prone to miscalculation. And now he has continued deceit and his consistent grasp for weapons of mass destruction ... So the threat of Saddam Hussein with weapons of mass destruction is real ...
Sen. John F. Kerry (D, MA), Jan. 23. 2003.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/war/wmdquotes.asp
And before you say that these Democrats all fell victim to a lie George Bush told them in the one year he was in office between 2001 and 2002:
"Hussein has ... chosen to spend his money on building weapons of mass destruction and palaces for his cronies."
Madeline Albright, Clinton Secretary of State, Nov. 10, 1999.
"Saddam Hussein has been engaged in the development of weapons of mass destruction technology which is a threat to countries in the region and he has made a mockery of the weapons inspection process."
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D, CA), Dec. 16, 1998.
"[W]e urge you, after consulting with Congress, and consistent with the U.S. Constitution and laws, to take necessary actions (including, if appropriate, air and missile strikes on suspect Iraqi sites) to respond effectively to the threat posed by Iraq's refusal to end its weapons of mass destruction programs."
Letter to President Clinton, signed by Sens. Carl Levin, Tom Daschle, John Kerry, and others Oct. 9, 1998.
Tell me, was all that a Bush lie? Everything the Democrats believed from 1992 to 2003 was merely something Bush lied about?
Democrats kept telling us that Saddam Hussein had WMDs starting in 1992 to discredit the Bush administration (and rightfully so) through the 1990s to 2002 and now pointing out that it was not Bush Junior who invented this "lie" is a "desperate lie invented by Democrat bashers"?
Interesting.
Did Nancy Pelosi lie when she claimed, in 1998, that Saddam has been engaged in the development of WMDs?
Did Hillary Clinton lie when she claimed that intelligence has shown that Saddam "has worked to rebuild his chemical and biological weapons stock, his missile delivery capability, and his nuclear program"? That was in 2002. It took Bush merely one year to convince her of the great lie, a lie that John Kerry already believed in 1998.
Wow!
