Need a War? Just Say WMD and the USA is Ready to Take Up Arms

There were no weapons of mass destruction to justify an attack on Iraq. Oh sure, George W. Bush had a laugh or two as service men and women lost their lives, their faces, their arms, and legs fighting a war of aggression rather than obey the Constitution and using the military for a common defense to expand the American empire.



For the past two months, the USA has prepared for war against Iran chasing a phantom nuclear weapon--a legendary WMD used to justify war with Iran for nearly 20 years. They are so close--so close. Republicans and Democrats hear war, attack Iran, and the chants of U.S.A. U.S.A. roar louder as the security of American Idol is just an hour and a half away viewed in a living room far away.

Now, there is a call to arms again and those familiar initials W.M.D. are once again used as rhetoric. This time the same Democrats who attacked Bush for his WMD lies are now boldly stating the WMD lies themselves to justify war. From Foreign Policy:

The State Department has begun coordinating with Syria's neighbors to prepare for the handling of President Bashar al-Assad's extensive weapons of mass destruction if and when his regime collapses, The Cable has learned.

This week, the State Department sent a diplomatic demarche to Syria's neighbors Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and Saudi Arabia, warning them about the possibility of Syria's WMDs crossing their borders and offering U.S. government help in dealing with the problem, three Obama administration officials confirmed to The Cable. For concerned parties both inside and outside the U.S. government, the demarche signifies that the United States is increasingly developing plans to deal with the dangers of a post-Assad Syria -- while simultaneously highlighting the lack of planning for how to directly bring about Assad's downfall.

Syria is believed to have a substantial chemical weapons program, which includes mustard gas and sophisticated nerve agents, such as sarin gas, as well as biological weapons. Syria has also refused IAEA requests to make available facilities that were part of its nuclear weapons program and may still be in operation.

The State Department declined to provide access to any officials to discuss the private diplomatic communication on the record, such as the author of the demarche Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Nonproliferation Tom Countryman. In a meeting with reporters earlier this year, Countryman expressed confidence that the United States knows where Syria's WMD stockpiles are, but warned that they could become a very serious security issue for Syria and the region going forward.

"We have ideas as to the quantity and we have ideas as to where they are," Countryman said. "We wish some of the neighbors of Syria to be on the lookout... When you get a change of regime in Syria, it matters what are the conditions -- chaotic or orderly."

Today, in response to inquiries from The Cable, a State Department official offered the following statement:

"The U.S. and our allies are monitoring Syria's chemical weapons stockpile. These weapons' presence in Syria undermines peace and security in the Middle East, and we have long called on the Syrian government to destroy its chemicals weapons arsenal and join the Chemical Weapons Convention," the State Department official said. "We believe Syria's chemical weapons stockpile remains under Syrian government control, and we will continue to work closely with like-minded countries to prevent proliferation of Syria's chemical weapons program."

It just cracks me up. We funded Saddam Hussein's war against Iran, which chemical weapons were used at the end. We seem to forget that Saddam was an American influence monster just like Osama Bin Ladin--who was trained by the CIA. So really it's like any foreign policy situation proving WMD's only matter when the US needs a new war to expand the empire.

It's no different with Iran. How many billions to we sent to Pakistan. They are dangerous. They have nukes and harbor terrorists like Osama. Yet, Iran, who has not invaded a country in over 150 years has unproven WMDs, it's time to bomb the snot out of them, while Pakistan still gets billions of our dollars.

Seems a bit hypocritical if you ask me.