It wasn't a joke, and I think you know that, troll. At the time, everyone believed Saddam had chemical weapons. He had actually used chemical weapons against the Kurds and Iran. There was no reason at the time to believe he had unilaterally disarmed himself of those chemical weapons, even though that now appears to have been the case. An…
It wasn't a joke, and I think you know that, troll. At the time, everyone believed Saddam had chemical weapons. He had actually used chemical weapons against the Kurds and Iran. There was no reason at the time to believe he had unilaterally disarmed himself of those chemical weapons, even though that now appears to have been the case. And he did his best to make his neighbors think he still had those chemical weapons, for obvious reasons.
I’m not going to address your fucking argument because you called me a troll. I’m a paid subscriber to The Bulwark, and listen to Tim, Next Level, Secret Podcast, and admire all of them deeply. I do very occasionally disagree. Of course I knew it wasn’t a joke! I thought that was fairly obvious. And I stated my opinion in that way because I disagreed with Sarah, but respect her on so many other matters so I kept it short
and light. Like her, I’m not re-litigating W.’s war now. If I was a troll I would have written something far more scathing. And if I disagreed vehemently with you about something I wouldn’t call you a troll. Because I know you too, are a paid subscriber supporting their work.
I’m also starting to suspect that you are The troll. I gave a lengthy Explanatory answer to you and this is how you come back? What the hell is your problem? Leave me the hell alone.
No. I knew she wasn’t joking. I was being sarcastic, without getting into a long diatribe about a war that should never have happened. I’m not pretending anything. She was wrong.
The Bush administration did not sell the war to the American people over chemical weapons. They sold it over nuclear weapons and used the 911 attacks to scare the shit out of everyone when they had no idea if Saddam had them or not. In fact, there were plenty of people telling Bush and Co. that he didn't have nukes but those people were ignored.
It wasn't a joke, and I think you know that, troll. At the time, everyone believed Saddam had chemical weapons. He had actually used chemical weapons against the Kurds and Iran. There was no reason at the time to believe he had unilaterally disarmed himself of those chemical weapons, even though that now appears to have been the case. And he did his best to make his neighbors think he still had those chemical weapons, for obvious reasons.
Whoa, whoa. We still do the "presumption of regularity" thing here, dude. Civility and assuming good intent.
I’m not going to address your fucking argument because you called me a troll. I’m a paid subscriber to The Bulwark, and listen to Tim, Next Level, Secret Podcast, and admire all of them deeply. I do very occasionally disagree. Of course I knew it wasn’t a joke! I thought that was fairly obvious. And I stated my opinion in that way because I disagreed with Sarah, but respect her on so many other matters so I kept it short
and light. Like her, I’m not re-litigating W.’s war now. If I was a troll I would have written something far more scathing. And if I disagreed vehemently with you about something I wouldn’t call you a troll. Because I know you too, are a paid subscriber supporting their work.
So, you're going to pretend that you actually thought Sarah was joking? I'm sorry, but that is trolling.
I’m also starting to suspect that you are The troll. I gave a lengthy Explanatory answer to you and this is how you come back? What the hell is your problem? Leave me the hell alone.
No. I knew she wasn’t joking. I was being sarcastic, without getting into a long diatribe about a war that should never have happened. I’m not pretending anything. She was wrong.
Did a double take when I heard that, too, and said "oh, you've GOT to be kidding. Who thinks that?!?" :)
The Bush administration did not sell the war to the American people over chemical weapons. They sold it over nuclear weapons and used the 911 attacks to scare the shit out of everyone when they had no idea if Saddam had them or not. In fact, there were plenty of people telling Bush and Co. that he didn't have nukes but those people were ignored.
Cheney wanted a war and that's what we got.