What a Tangled Web They Weave....

Did George W. Bush lie about WMDs? Not according to senior Democrats.

by Rod D. Martin
August 16, 2004

Did George W. Bush lie about WMDs? Not according to senior Democrats; and though many of them have about-faced post-Michael Moore, their collective testimony bears close examination.

Here's President Bill Clinton, February 17, 1998: “If Saddam rejects peace and we have to use force, our purpose is clear. We want to seriously diminish the threat posed by Iraq's weapons of mass destruction program.”

On February 18, 1998, Secretary of State Madeline Albright added this: "[W]hat happens [in Iraq] matters a great deal here. For the risks that the leaders of a rogue state will use nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons against us or our allies is the greatest security threat we face."

That same day, Sandy Berger intoned: "[Saddam] will use those weapons of mass destruction again, as he has ten times since 1983."

By the fall of 1998, Congress could be heard weighing in on the matter.

In a letter to Clinton dated October 9, Democratic senators, including Tom Daschl…