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Alternative universe

Jon Monday has finally proved he is living in some sort of “alternative universe.” After chiding Glen Holzhausen for criticizing him for writing misinformation without giving specific examples, Jon proceeded to give us even more misinformation without examples.

Jon claims the CIA informed President Bush that Saddam had no WMDs. George Tenet, the head of the CIA, told President Bush in December 2002 that it would be a “slam dunk” to prove that Saddam did have WMDs.

Jon then tells another whopper that the neo-cons had planned to invade Iraq years before Bush became president.

Whoa! Clinton was president for eight years before Bush; is Jon claiming that Clinton was really a neo-con?

Jon claims that the UN Weapons Inspectors’ reports proved Iraq had no WMD. Has he forgotten that in June 2004 the UN Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission briefed the Security Council on Saddam’s lightning-fast dismantling of WMD sites before and during the war?

Has he forgotten that the coalition forces have found over 700 WMDs so far? Has he forgotten that the Ricin poison found in a London apartment was traced back to Al-Qaeda in Iraq?

Jon mentioned the recent near-war with Iran. Hello! I don’t recall that event. Perhaps it happened in Jon’s universe.

Jon claims the war in Iraq has made the world more dangerous. Did Jon notice that we toppled brutal regimes in Iraq and Afghanistan, liberating millions of people? Has he forgotten that we are defeating Al-Qaeda all over the world?

Did Jon not notice that Libya gave up its WMD programs, that Iran suspended its nuclear weapons program and that North Korea has agreed to stop its nuclear weapons program? Did he not notice that the US has not been attacked again since 9/11?

Jon says the Iraqis want us out. Did Jon forget that the Iraqi government is currently negotiating with the Bush administration to keep coalition forces in Iraq for security and training well past 2008?

Jon, come home to our universe; it’s really not as bad as yours.

Bob Hahn

 

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