CreatePeace! The Lies That Lead To War

"Honesty is the best policy."
---Benjamin Franklin

The words that misled a nation to war...source:www.buzzflash.com
Bush said:	Bush’s Claim:	Reality:
"Our intelligence officials estimate that Saddam Hussein had the materials to produce as much as 500 tons of sarin, mustard and VX nerve agent." --State of the Union Address, 1/28/2003	Iraq has 500 tons of chemical weapons : Sarin gas, Mustard gas, VX Nerve agent	Zero Chemical Weapons Found Not a drop of any chemical weapons has been found anywhere in Iraq
"U.S. intelligence indicates that Saddam Hussein had upwards of 30,000 munitions capable of delivering chemical agents." --State of the Union Address, 1/28/2003	Iraq has 30,000 weapons capable of dumping chemical weapons on people	Zero Munitions Found Not a single chemical weapon’s munition has been found anywhere in Iraq
"We have also discovered through intelligence that Iraq has a growing fleet of manned and unmanned aerial vehicles that could be used to disperse chemical or biological weapons across broad areas." --State of the Union Address, 1/28/2003	Iraq has a growing fleet of planes capable of dispersing chemical weapons almost anywhere in the world	Zero Aerial Vehicles Found Not a single aerial vehicle capable of dispersing chemical or biological weapons has been found anywhere in Iraq
"Evidence from intelligence sources, secret communications and statements by people now in custody reveal that Saddam Hussein aids and protects terrorists, including members of Al Qaida." --State of the Union Address, 1/28/2003	Iraq aids and protects terrorists including members of Al Qaeda And implied that Iraq was somehow behind 9/11	Zero Al Qaeda Connection To date, not a shred of evidence connecting Hussein with Al Qaida or any other known terrorist organizations have been revealed. (besides certain Palestinian groups who represent no direct threat to the US)
"Our intelligence sources tell us that he (Saddam) has attempted to purchase high-strength aluminum tubes suitable for nuclear weapons production." --State of the Union Address, 1/28/2003	Iraq has attempted to purchase metal tubes suitable for nuclear weapons production	The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as well as dozens of leading scientists declared said tubes unsuitable for nuclear weapons production -- months before the war.
"Satellite photographs reveal that Iraq is rebuilding facilities at [past nuclear] sites." --Bush speech to the nation, 10/7/2002	Iraq is rebuilding nuclear facilities at former sites.	Two months of inspections at these former Iraqi nuclear sites found zero evidence of prohibited nuclear activities there IAEA report to UN Security Council -- 1/27/2003
"The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa." --State of the Union Address, 1/28/2003	Iraq recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa	The documents implied were known at the time by Bush to be forged and not credible.
"We know he's been absolutely devoted to trying to acquire nuclear weapons, and we believe he has, in fact, reconstituted nuclear weapons."---VP Dick Cheney, Meet the Press, 3/16/2003	Iraq has Nuclear Weapons for a fact	"The IAEA had found no evidence or plausible indication of the revival of a nuclear weapons program in Iraq." --IAEA report to UN Security Council, 3/7/2003
"We gave him a chance to allow the inspectors in, and he wouldn't let them in." --Bush Press Conference, 7/14/2003	Iraq’s Saddam Hussein refused to allow UN inspectors into Iraq	UN inspectors went into Iraq to search for possible weapons violations from December 2002 into March 2003

More facts...

The US military budget for 2004 is $401.3 billion.
The US spends as much on the military as the next 20 countries combined.
The US has an estimated 8,000 nuclear warheads in is stockpile; plus 31,000 tons of chemical weapons, including 3.3 million bombs, rockets, artillery shells and cartridges—and 315,682 binary munitions, in which chemicals are mixed in flight to produce deadly gas.
In 2001 and 2002 together the US paid $76 billion to weapons manufacturers and military contractors (Lockheed Martin, Boeing, United Technologies, etc.). The lobbying strength of these contractors and "revolving door" practices create a climate of ever-increasing military expenditures.