C. GATSBY'S Weblog: "you will learn the truth and the truth will make you free. John 8:32

Republicans are quick to point out that Bill Clinton lied, as president, abut his sexual encounters. Yes, Clinton did lie, but his lie cost no American casualties, no foreign deaths, no protracted war, and no outpouring of international protests. George Bush, on the other had, lied and fabricated intelligence about Saddam Hussein’s stockpile of weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear and biological weapons, and his ties to al Qaeda, in which his lies have resulted in the deaths of thousands of American soldiers and over 100,000 innocent Iraqis.

Prior to 2002, Bush and his staff universally proclaimed that sanctions against Hussein’s Iraq were indeed effective and that no weapons of mass destruction existed. Former Secretary of State Colin Powell exclaimed on February 24^th, 2001, “The sanctions exist…And frankly they have worked. He (Hussein) has not developed any significant capability with respect to weapons of mass destruction. He (Hussein) is unable to project conventional power against his neighbors.”

In July, 2001, then National Security Director Condi Rice said on CNN, “We are able to keep arms from him (Hussein). His military forces have not been rebuilt.”

By the end of the year, less than five months after Bush and his advisors assured the public that Hussein was not a threat and had no weapons of mass destruction, Saddam Hussein’s Iraq was transformed into a major weapons manufacturer of convention, biological, and nuclear weapons. By January, 2002, Bush and his advisors were stating publicly that Iraq was designing and manufacturing a nuclear bomb.

Beyond even the scope and speed of the U.S. Manhattan Project in which America dedicated vast resources, highly skilled scientists, and years of work to develop a crude nuclear bomb in the final days of WWII, Bush and his staff claimed that Hussein would develop such a bomb in under six months. Hussein’s Iraq, which Bush and his staff are on record as stating had no weapons of mass destruction in late 2001, went from a primitive, third class military power into an advanced nuclear power in under a year. Remarkable even by today’s standards!

On May 5, 2002, Secretary of State Colin Powell that Saddam is "working feverishly" on nuclear weapons but had not made any recent breakthroughs in his weapons program.

Then National Security Director Condi Rice stated this to CNN on September 8^th, 2002, "We know that he (Hussein) has the infrastructure, nuclear scientists to make a nuclear weapon… And we know that …he (Hussein) was far, far closer to a crude nuclear device than anybody thought -- maybe six months from a crude nuclear device…The problem here is that there will always be some uncertainty about how quickly he can acquire nuclear weapons. But we don't want the smoking gun to be a mushroom cloud."

A short passage from my upcoming book, MISLED…THE RIGHT WAY! By Christian Gatsby

No time in the history of America, has so many retired generals called for the resignation/firing of a Secretary of Defense. This month, 6 retired Generals have voiced this opinion.

Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld, the architect of the U.S. invasion/occupation of Iraq is criticized for invading Iraq with too few troops and disregarding ten years of war planning previous to the war, failing to discourage looting, failing to disarm hostile militias, ignoring and then underestimating the strength of the insurgency, allowing the abuse of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib, and ignoring soldiers who questioned their inadequate body and vehicle armor.

Casualties are mounting--over 2,500 American troops are dead, 50,000 innocent Iraqi women and children have been murdered, civil war is erupting, no Iraqi government has been formed, and Rumsfeld has no plan to win the war or for a US exit strategy.

Retired Army Maj. Gen. John Batiste, former commander the 1st Infantry Division forces in Iraq, stated it succinctly, “We went to war with a flawed plan that didn't account for the hard work to build the peace after we took down the regime. We also served under a secretary of defense who didn't understand leadership, who was abusive, who was arrogant, who didn't build a strong team."

Rumsfeld credibility and confidence is dwindling rapidly among both retired and active duty officers and enlisted personnel. Moral has declined dramatically and enlistments are at and all time low.

GEORGE BUSH FIRE RUMSFELD NOW BECAUSE HIS CONDUCT OF IRAQ HAS BEEN MEDIOCRE AT BEST!

BY CHRISTIAN GATSBY