June 4, 2003 – A

Hell to Pay
by Justin Raimondo, Antiwar.com, June 4 2003

“For the Iraqis, the human costs of this war are immediately and dramatically devastating, while the effect on the American side – that is, on our own troops, and their families – is slower-acting but, ultimately, no less destructive of the social order…”

What a Tangled Web We Weave
Billmon.org, May 29 2003

Timeline of U.S. statements on WMD’s in Iraq.

Examples:

Dick Cheney, August 26 2002:

“Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction.” (1)

Lt. Gen. James Conway, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, May 30 2003:

“It was a surprise to me then — it remains a surprise to me now — that we have not uncovered weapons, as you say, in some of the forward dispersal sites. Believe me, it’s not for lack of trying. We’ve been to virtually every ammunition supply point between the Kuwaiti border and Baghdad, but they’re simply not there.” (2)

Notes

[1] http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/08/20020826.html
Vice President Speaks at VFW 103rd National Convention , August 26, 2002

[2] http://story.news.yahoo.com/(…)
Yahoo! News, Failed Iraq Arms Hunt Stumps Top Marine, by Robert Burns, AP, May 30, 2003