WMD missing in Iraq, Bush speeches

By Patricia Wilson

DEARBORN, Mich., July 24 (Reuters) - Weapons of mass destruction have proven hard to find in Iraq and now they've disappeared from President George W. Bush's speeches.

A reliable staple of past addresses, the four-words did not cross his lips during two public appearances in Pennsylvania and Michigan on Thursday. Nor did Bush use the phrase on Wednesday in a formal update on the progress U.S. forces have made in Iraq that he delivered from the White House Rose Garden.

Before the U.S.-led invasion and during the war's early stages, Bush speeches were peppered with references to weapons of mass destruction and the specter of apocalyptic havoc that chemical and biological arms might wreak on the United States, its friends and allies. He used the words so much that sometimes they became simply "WMD."

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It was his only reference to Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction -- the main U.S. justification for going to war...

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N24280349.htm

He began talking about "weapons programs" but that, too, appears to be disappearing. But, gee, he's so trustworthy. I mean, golly, gee whiz, he's a Christian! /sarcasm

"Saddam is a WMD"

Look for an unrecognizable charred piece of road kill, to be discovered in the next 60 days, "we got Saddam, he fought back and then offed himself just like Hitler". :eyes:

Meanwhile Saddam and family kick back in Belarus and watch the Guerrilla quagmire on CNN international.

I thought we Invaded Iraq to rid the World of Uday and Qusay Hussien? Mission Accomplished!

it felt weird just before and during the war when they began to emphasize that it was our duty to liberate the iraqi people. not deliver the u.s. from an imediate threat -- but liberate.
now we go from wmd's to wmd programs.
and from there to nothing. bizarre.
feh -- when can we walk back through the looking glass?

The real WMD is living in the White House/