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A Daily Chronicle of Bush Administration Distortion October 6, 2004
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Bush Continues to Mislead on WMD



In the lead up to war, President Bush argued that America must invade Iraq because it possessed weapons of mass destruction. For example, on 9/28/02 President Bush said, "the Iraqi regime possesses biological and chemical weapons."1 On 10/7/02, President Bush said, "Iraq is reconstituting its nuclear weapons program."2 Long after it became clear that there were no stockpiles of WMD in Iraq, President Bush has continued to insist that before the invasion "Iraq was a gathering threat."3

A comprehensive 1000-page report to be released today by the Bush administration's handpicked weapons inspector, Charles A. Duelfer, will reveal "Saddam Hussein posed a diminishing threat at the time the United States invaded and did not possess, or have concrete plans to develop, nuclear, chemical or biological weapons" according to the Washington Post.4 According to Duelfer's report, U.N. sanctions prevented Hussein from reconstituting his weapons programs. 5

Sources:
  1. "Radio Address by the President to the Nation," The White House, 09/28/02.
  2. "President Bush Outlines Iraqi Threat," The White House, 10/07/02.
  3. "Remarks by the President at Victory 2004 Rally," The White House, 09/16/04.
  4. Report Discounts Iraqi Arms Threat, Washington Post, 10/06/04.
  5. Ibid.



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