Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction. We have the receipts ( See http://www.worldmessenger.20m.com/weapons.html#wms ) . Hussein used them on the Iranians and to exterminate the Iraqis opposed to his regime up to and during Gulf War I. But this really has nothing to do with why we are in Iraq. The real motive for Gulf War II was always obvious. We will stay the course until every drop of oil and blood is extracted. America is not wrongly perceived as a consumerist oil glutting “pre fab” and “throw away” society. Although qualified leadership talent like Dr. Aiham Al Sammarae ( See http://www.mideasti.org/articles/doc397.html ) and others were available we never pre fabricated an interim Iraqi government comprised of qualified Iraqi exiles before we took Saddam off the Board supports the growing view that the actual US mission was to become an occupying colonial force in the Middle East. While Saddam is safe in protective custody and bin Laden has free reign in drumming up business for the Military Industrial Complex, Bechtel ( and the bin Ladens ) have been given US contracts to rebuild Iraq ( see http://www.angelfire.com/zine2/DionysianUnderground/bechtel.htm ) .
IRONICALLY, IT WAS A REPUBLICAN THAT WARNED US.
“The conjunction of an immense military establishment and a huge arms industry is new in the American experience. The total influence –economic, political, and even spiritual– is felt in every city, every state house, and every office of the federal government . . . In the councils of government. We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex.”
- President Dwight D. Eisenhower in his January 17, 1961 Farewell Address to the Nation

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