The Savage Republican

That is what you have to wonder. Do the Democrats in the House and the Senate really have such short memories or are they simply trying to score political "points"? Why do I ask this? Well to hear the loyal opposition tell it(this week), there were no ties between Saddam Husseins regime in Iraq and Osama bin Ladin's al Qaeda organization. As I have shown in the last couple of posts, there do appear (to the logical mind) to be many, many reasons to suspect that the two were indeed working together. Now, let's take a look at a couple of things that came off of the Senate floor. First comes this speech - do you know who made the following statement?

"I have said publicly for years that weapons of mass destruction in the hands of Saddam Hussein pose a real and grave threat to our security and that of our allies in the Persian Gulf region. Saddam Hussein's record bears this out. I have talked about that record. Iraq never fully accounted for the major gaps and inconsistencies in declarations provided to the inspectors of the pre-Gulf war weapons of mass destruction program, nor did the Iraq regime provide credible proof that it had completely destroyed its weapons and production infrastructure. "


That would be the honorable junior Senator from Massachusettes - John Forbes Kerry! (from http://www.independentsforkerry.org/uploads/media/kerry-iraq.html). Fast forward to 2004 where he campaigned on the "illegal" war meme stating that Saddam had no WMD's.

Then there is this little gem (hat tip to Powerline www.powerlineblog.com):

Whereas members of al Qaida, an organization bearing responsibility for attacks on the United States, its citizens, and interests, including the attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001, are known to be in Iraq;
Whereas Iraq continues to aid and harbor other international terrorist organizations, including organizations that threaten the lives and safety of United States citizens;
Whereas the attacks on the United States of September 11, 2001, underscored the gravity of the threat posed by the acquisition of weapons of mass destruction by international terrorist organizations;
Whereas Congress has taken steps to pursue vigorously the war on terrorism through the provision of authorities and funding requested by the President to take the necessary actions against international terrorists and terrorist organizations, including those nations, organizations, or persons who planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001, or harbored such persons or organizations;
Whereas the President and Congress are determined to continue to take all appropriate actions against international terrorists and terrorist organizations, including those nations, organizations, or persons who planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001, or harbored such persons or organizations;

That dear reader is taken from the text of the Congressional resolution that approved military action in Iraq.

I know that the current meme is that the President "lied" about the WMD's - that he "made up" or "doctored" the intelligence. As I showed in the previous 3 posts, that would have been a pretty neat trick considering that William Jefferson Clinton was President back in 1999. So again this begs the question - short memories or political pandering?