Stephen Harper and the war in Iraq

Stephen Harper's statement on his support for the invasion of Iraq on March 20th, 2003.

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[12v45g]

Give me a break, this is ridiculous. We only knew that Iraq didn't have weapons of mass destruction when the U.S. went in and found out. They tricked everyone, Harper was right, the weapons inspecters DID fail to disarm the weapons. There weren't any weapons? No one know that at the time, what were people supposed to do, just kick their feet up as the weapons inspecters were denied access to certain areas? That's not suspicious at all.

[scotttowell]

Wow, you have a very short memory! Or you have been deeply uninformed in 2003... Saddam Hussein was giving an easy access to the medias and to the inspectors in every places where the Pentagone thought there was weapons of mass destruction. Almost every other country were skeptical about WMDs in Irak, and you should remember that this is the reason why the traditionnal allies (Canada, France, Germany and so many others) refused to invade Iraq alongside the USA.

[scotttowell]

At this time, only the CIA, based on falsified informations, thought there was WMDs in Iraq. But of course, the Washington propaganda machine was giving it great credit, and all the medias in USA just swallowed it all and repeated it without questionning it. That was a very dark page of the american history, and sadly, the Canadian Conservative Party decided at this moment to be part of it and to support one of the biggest mistake that has ever been done in the american foreign affairs history.

[scotttowell]

Please show this video to everyone you know!

[slickbnx]

For god sake with need to convince people from Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and BC, not to vote for him ! Whole Canada will lose !

[gtan42]

Very good. Thank you. And may I say, this is one person who will NOT be voting for Harper.

[FatFred2U]

@FatFred2U By the way, Christians, Muslims and Jews co-existed, peacefully, in Palestine for over 800 years. The invasion and occupation of Palestine by Zionist Jews changed that. If religious zealots invaded your country (Canada?) with the intention of destroying everything you had built over 3000 years, and wiping your peoples' existence from the pages of history, would you stand by,... singing, "Give Peace A Chance"?

The Palestinians have the right, and a duty, to fight back!

[FatFred2U]

@sutton123454 You are hopelessly naive. The houses and buildings Israel builds are built on stolen land. It's a violation of international lawn, an act of terrorism and the best proof that Israel is not interested in peace with the Palestinians. Further, those Israeli houses are built upon land that had been used for thousands of years for Palestinian homes, farms and businesses. Get it,... it's not their land! Palestinians are defending themselves against Israeli crimes.

[sutton123454]

@scotttowell The whole world pretty much believe iraq had weapons of mass destruction, don't blame harper for beliving in something most of the world did.

[sutton123454]

I think the main thing is that you stand by your allies, through thick and thin, like you would a family member or a friend, through right and wrong, you stand by them.

[sutton123454]

@FatFred2U Why can't people in israel just live side by side? why do the homas or whatever they are called keep firing rockets in israel? if they stop doing that then israel will stop attacking back. Let build houses and buildings, whats the big deal? Israel is a country and they're allowed to build on their own land.

[FatFred2U]

@FatFred2U Since 1947, more than 50 U.N. resolutions have been passed against the outlaw state of Israel (the number would be tripled if the U.S. did not abuse it Security Council veto). Israel has not complied with even one of these resolutions. Where are the sanction? Where are the "no-fly zones"? Where is the U.N. backed military action to force compliance? Israel is the Mid-East's original and only Terrorist State. The U.N. and especially the U.S. are complicit in Israel's crimes.

[FatFred2U]

@FatFred2U When journalists discovered the captured American Inspector's true identity, the U.S. Government quickly tried to save face by admitting this man was a Colonel in the U.S. Army Intelligence Branch ( a spy, in other words). This incident resulted in the deaths of more than 30,000 Iraqi civilians. The illegal sanctions and illegal "no-fly zones" remained, and other bombing of Iraqi civilians would follow. Cont.,

[FatFred2U]

@FatFred2U Once the inspectors were safely removed from Iraq, the U.S. and U.K. began a three day bombing campaign against Iraqi civilians and civilian infrastructure. This action was not sanctione by the U.N. and amounted to war crimes and crimes against humanity. Nonetheless, the Iraqis agreed the inspections could resume on the condition that the Americans admit they had planted spies amongst the weapon inspection teams. Cont.,

[FatFred2U]

@FatFred2U In 1997, the Chief Weapons Inspector, David S. Ritter (a decorated ex-Marine and Gulf War Veteran) reported that the Iraqi authorities had ofered no meaningful resistance to the inspection process an that their military was 98% disarmed. Several months later Iraqi authorities arrested one of the Weapons Inspectors and charged him with espionage. The U.S.-appointed Head of the UN Weapons Inspections Agency ordered the inspectors out of Iraq (the Iraqis did not "kick" them out). Cont.,

[FatFred2U]

@12v45g In 1995, the UN Security Council was presented with more than 10,000 pages of documentary evidence that showed that Iraq had dismantled it's WMD's and the facilities used to manufacture them. The U.S. and Britain destroyed the evidence in order that they might continue their illegal actions against Iraq. The sanctions should have been lifted but were extended. The "no-fly zones" (a violation of international law) and bombing of Iraqi civilians (war crimes) also continued. Continues,...