2008 Woodie Awards
Perspectives: Bush Vs. Kerry Part II
Kevin Agnese
Issue date: 10/6/04 Section: Perspectives
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President Bush assured the American people that Iraq possessed weapons of mass
destruction, which was his top reason for invading Iraq. On March 19, 2003, the
president said, "The people of the United States and our friends and allies
will not live at the mercy of an outlaw regime that threatens the peace with
weapons of mass murder." On February 5, 2003, Secretary of State Colin Powell,
referring to weapons of mass destruction, told the U.N. General Assembly,
"Ladies and gentlemen, these are not assertions. These are facts." Chief
weapons inspectors, led by David Kay, have not found these weapons because they
do not exist. And, as Senator Ted Kennedy said to the Associated Press last
September, "There was no imminent threat. This was made up in Texas, announced
in January to the Republican leadership that war was going to take place and
was going to be good politically. This whole thing was a fraud."
In his article, William Still asserts that we have, "severely disrupted the
al-Qaeda terror network and now three years later we have captured or killed
the majority of the terrorists that once were protected by the Taliban." The
Taliban, however, is reforming their terror network in Afghanistan. According
to The International Herald Tribune, in an article from January 2004, "In
Afghanistan, warlord armies, criminal bandits, drug traffickers and a resurgent
Taliban make travel perilous and threaten people in their homes and villages."
Osama Bin Laden, along with his chief deputies, continue to release terror
messages, and our national terror level frequently rises. Bin Laden is still
capable of producing another 9/11.
Iraq did not pose a threat to the United States, and they did not have weapons
of mass destruction. North Korea, however, now has nuclear capabilities because
President Bush refused to deal with that threat when he came to office. Two and
a half weeks ago, a large explosion rocked North Korea's border with China.
Colin Powell said the explosion was "not any kind of nuclear event," but he
confirmed a report from The New York Times that "there is activity going on at
a potential nuclear test site." We now know that North Korea may be planning to
test a plutonium bomb. The Bush administration ignored this threat. Senator
John Kerry, on September 12th, in an interview with The New York Times, said,
"They have taken their eye off the real ball. They took it off in Afghanistan
and shifted it to Iraq. They took it off in North Korea and shifted it to Iraq.
They took it off in Russia, and the nuclear materials there, and shifted it to
Iraq."
destruction, which was his top reason for invading Iraq. On March 19, 2003, the
president said, "The people of the United States and our friends and allies
will not live at the mercy of an outlaw regime that threatens the peace with
weapons of mass murder." On February 5, 2003, Secretary of State Colin Powell,
referring to weapons of mass destruction, told the U.N. General Assembly,
"Ladies and gentlemen, these are not assertions. These are facts." Chief
weapons inspectors, led by David Kay, have not found these weapons because they
do not exist. And, as Senator Ted Kennedy said to the Associated Press last
September, "There was no imminent threat. This was made up in Texas, announced
in January to the Republican leadership that war was going to take place and
was going to be good politically. This whole thing was a fraud."
In his article, William Still asserts that we have, "severely disrupted the
al-Qaeda terror network and now three years later we have captured or killed
the majority of the terrorists that once were protected by the Taliban." The
Taliban, however, is reforming their terror network in Afghanistan. According
to The International Herald Tribune, in an article from January 2004, "In
Afghanistan, warlord armies, criminal bandits, drug traffickers and a resurgent
Taliban make travel perilous and threaten people in their homes and villages."
Osama Bin Laden, along with his chief deputies, continue to release terror
messages, and our national terror level frequently rises. Bin Laden is still
capable of producing another 9/11.
Iraq did not pose a threat to the United States, and they did not have weapons
of mass destruction. North Korea, however, now has nuclear capabilities because
President Bush refused to deal with that threat when he came to office. Two and
a half weeks ago, a large explosion rocked North Korea's border with China.
Colin Powell said the explosion was "not any kind of nuclear event," but he
confirmed a report from The New York Times that "there is activity going on at
a potential nuclear test site." We now know that North Korea may be planning to
test a plutonium bomb. The Bush administration ignored this threat. Senator
John Kerry, on September 12th, in an interview with The New York Times, said,
"They have taken their eye off the real ball. They took it off in Afghanistan
and shifted it to Iraq. They took it off in North Korea and shifted it to Iraq.
They took it off in Russia, and the nuclear materials there, and shifted it to
Iraq."