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Uncle Samuel <Stars@Stripes.USA> wrote in message news:<Zchhd.4276356$6p.708665@news.easynews.com>...
> Matt Telles wrote:
> 
> > Uncle Samuel <Stars@Stripes.USA> wrote in message news:<Hdxgd.4156113$6p.691774@news.easynews.com>...
> > 
> >>Matt Telles wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>The "facts" are that we claimed that Iraq had TONS of WMD. 
> >>
> >>"Tons"?
> >>
> >>Hmmmmm...not what I recall him saying...
> > 
> > 
> > Fortuantely, your recollection is not relevant.
> > 
> > Vice President Cheney
> > Veterans of Foreign Wars 103 rd National Convention 
> > August 26, 2002 
> > 
> > "But we now know that Saddam has resumed his efforts to acquire
> > nuclear weapons. Among other sources, we've gotten this from the
> > firsthand testimony of defectors --including Saddam's own son-in-law,
> > who was subsequently murdered at Saddam's direction. Many of us are
> > convinced that Saddam will acquire nuclear weapons fairly soon.
> > 
> > "Armed with an arsenal of these weapons of terror, and seated atop ten
> > percent of the world's oil reserves, Saddam Hussein could then be
> > expected to seek domination of the entire Middle East, take control of
> > a great portion of the world's energy supplies, directly threaten
> > America's friends throughout the region, and subject the United States
> > or any other nation to nuclear blackmail.
> > 
> > "Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons
> > of mass destruction."
> 
> I don't see the word "tons" in there...do you?

Fine, I hate to argue with an idiot. Try this:

The Iraqi regime . . . possesses and produces chemical and biological
weapons. It is seeking nuclear weapons. We know that the regime has
produced thousands of tons of chemical agents, including mustard gas,
sarin nerve gas, VX nerve gas.  George W. Bush, President
Cincinnati, Ohio Speech 
10/7/2002  

Happy now, Unkie? He said TONS.

Matt