Democrat Senator Carl Levin declares ..."Saddam had nuclear weapons"...

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Saddam's Nukes?
Does Carl Levin know something the rest of us don't?
by Stephen F. Hayes
11/08/2005 7:25:00 PM


DOES SENATOR CARL LEVIN believe that Saddam Hussein had nukes?

Levin, the second ranking Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, is leading the charge against the White House for manipulating intelligence on Iraq and its weapons of mass destruction and connections to al Qaeda. He has been dogged and ruthless, focusing his criticism on two areas of the Bush administration's case for war in Iraq: the connection between Iraq and al Qaeda and Saddam Hussein's nuclear weapons program. Levin claims that the Bush administration manipulated intelligence in both areas to frighten the American public into supporting a war of choice.

Which is why Levin's latest claim is so startling. On Monday, Levin appeared on Hardball with Chris Matthews on MSNBC and made the following declaration:

"There was plenty of evidence that Saddam had nuclear weapons, by the way. That is not in dispute. There is plenty of evidence of that."

 

Don't know about that, but it appears he just called most of his democrat collegues in the Senate liars or idiots. OOPS!

 

Freudian slip?

He's on the Senate Intelligence Committee, too.

 

Domestic and foreign intelligence agencies had a lot of Senators and Congressmen, as well as President Bush, convinced that Saddam was pursuing a nuclear weapons program.

I have no doubt that he was but he may not have been as far along as everyone thought.

 

I don't remember anyone in the Bush Administration saying Saddam had nuclear weapons. Carl Levin has made the only absolute declaration I know of. Many did say,however, he was pursuing them and there is evidence of that.

1.77 Metric tons of Enriched uranium.

1000 radioactive materials that could be used for making dirty bombs.

Missiles for delivery purposes whose range far exceeded agreed ranges.

 

Double Post

 

The Freudian slip was by Levin.

He does seem to be a bit confused.

You're right though. Durbin needs to make sure his guys all tell the same lie, even if they believe different. Like Levin.

 

Let me see if I have this straight:
When the intelligence is wrong and the President accepts it, he's wrong and when the intelligence is right and he doesn't accept it , he's wrong.

Sound about right?

So if he always accepts it , right or wrong, he'll have to take responsibility for it when it's wrong and accept no credit for it when it's right. And listen to "I told you so"s either way.

And when the intelligence is iffy, which it often is, no matter what he does, he's wrong.

Sounds like a job big enough for Christ , but we only have human's available, of course.