WMD, BUSH, SADDAM and the UN

These excerpts from Bush's September 2002 UN speech are offered to demonstrate that Bush made a case for war BEFORE THE WAR that went WELL beyond WMD - (as should've been apparent to anyone noting the name of the operation: "Operation Iraqi Freedom".

The United States helped found the United Nations. We want the United Nations to be effective, and respectful, and successful. We want the resolutions of the world's most important multilateral body to be enforced. And right now those resolutions are being unilaterally subverted by the Iraqi regime. Our partnership of nations can meet the test before us, by making clear what we now expect of the Iraqi regime.
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If the Iraqi regime wishes peace, it will immediately and unconditionally forswear, disclose, and remove or destroy all weapons of mass destruction, long-range missiles, and all related material [emph added].

If the Iraqi regime wishes peace, it will immediately end all support for terrorism and act to suppress it [emph added], as all states are required to do by U.N. Security Council resolutions.

If the Iraqi regime wishes peace, it will cease persecution of its civilian population, including Shi'a, Sunnis, Kurds, Turkomans, and others, again as required by Security Council resolutions [emph added].
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If the Iraqi regime wishes peace, it will immediately end all illicit trade outside the oil-for-food program [emph added]. It will accept U.N. administration of funds from that program, to ensure that the money is used fairly and promptly for the benefit of the Iraqi people.

If all these steps are taken, it will signal a new openness and accountability in Iraq. And it could open the prospect of the United Nations helping to build a government that represents all Iraqis -- a government based on respect for human rights, economic liberty, and internationally supervised elections [emph added].

[...] If we meet our responsibilities, if we overcome this danger, we can arrive at a very different future. The people of Iraq can shake off their captivity. They can one day join a democratic Afghanistan and a democratic Palestine, inspiring reforms throughout the Muslim world [emph added].

YUP: that dumb ass redneck neocon biblethumping knuckledragging smirkingchimp said it right then and there SIX MONTHS BEFORE THE WAR - he even demanded that Iraqis get their human rights and internationally supervised elections!

AND EVERY ONE OF THE EXCERPTED DEMANDS WERE ENTIRELY DISREGARDED BY SADDAM - REQUIRING THAT WE ATTACK HIM AND REMOVE HIM FROM POWER - OR CONSIGN THE UN AND OURSELVES TO IRRELEVANCE.

So now, anytime - NO EVERYTIME some Leftwing asshole tells you that Bush went to war for oil, and lied about WMD, and that democracy was an after-thought - well you just tell'em they can either see the Light and admit they were wrong and that Bush was right, or they can eat shit and die.

BTW: read the whole speech; it's a gem that will shine for eternity.