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Who Is Tyler Drumheller?
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   Trying to correct the claims by the rabid liberals can be a full time
   job for we bloggers. I am pleased to join others and again be able to
   correct CBS. Back on April 23, Tyler Drumheller, a former chief of the
   CIA's Europe division, in a "60 Minutes" interview made a sensational
   charge.

   He claimed that President Bush and his White House ignored
   intelligence before the invasion of Iraq indicating that Saddam
   Hussein had no weapons of mass destruction. Liberals love this kind
   mantra: Bush had his mind made up when he was elected the first time,
   that he was going to invade Iraq to revenge the attempted
   assassination of his father. He lied about WMDs. "Bush lied, people
   died." Drumheller did his job, claiming intelligence told Bush the
   truth and was ignored.

   In a story by [1]Ronald Kessler at NewsMax,

     Now it appears Drumheller's claim was untrue, according to the
     findings of a Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
     investigation. Rather than undercutting the Bush administration's
     rationale for invading Iraq, (Naji Sabri, the then Iraqi foreign
     minister)'s account shows how well-founded the intelligence on
     Saddam's weapons program appeared to be.

     Ironically, just as Drumheller claimed that Bush ignored the truth
     about Iraq, the media have ignored the documentation in the Senate
     report demolishing Drumheller's claim.

     An addenda to the Senate report on postwar findings about Iraq's
     WMD program says all the operational documents relating to Sabri
     indicate he told the CIA just the opposite of what Drumheller
     claimed. The Senate report refers to Sabri as a source with direct
     access to Saddam Hussein and his inner circle but does not name
     him.

     "Both the operations cable and the intelligence report prepared for
     high-level policy-makers [based on interrogation of the source]
     said that while Saddam Hussein did not have a nuclear weapon, 'he
     was aggressively and covertly developing such a weapon,'" the
     Senate report said.

     [...]

     Moreover, there is "not a single document relating to this case
     which indicates that the source said Iraq had no WMD programs," the
     addenda said. "On the contrary, all of the information about this
     case so far indicates that the information from this source was
     that Iraq did have WMD programs."

   I am constantly amazed at the liberals claiming that Bush lied about
   WMDs, when their own Democratic party officials, since the first Gulf
   War claimed Iraq had WMDs. The UN passed resolution after resolution
   demanding Iraq give up WMDs and even imposed sanctions as leverage to
   get Iraq to comply. Some claim that 1.2 Million people (or children)
   died as a consequence of those sanctions under the Clinton
   administration. Yet they make such outrageous claims against this
   president and ignore their own party's declarastions.

   Let me just say, liberals get your head out of your ass. We are in
   Iraq for the right reasons. The UN which you so love, made
   demands/threats and it was Bush and a handful of supporters that
   backed the resolutions with military power. Once again, the UN is
   called on to deal with an Iran that wants to go nuclear. The UN
   believes in non-proliferation and makes demands/threats, but will not
   lift a finger to seek compliance. Once again, only Bush and a handful
   of supporters are left with just military power to force compliance.
   Shame on all you liberals!

   [2]Tyler Drumheller[3]Naji Sabri [4]Iraqe [5]Iran [6]Ronald Kessler
   [7]Mover Mike

References

   1. http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2006/9/12/174948.shtml
   2. http://technorati.com/tag/Tyler+Drumheller
   3. http://technorati.com/tag/Naji%20Sabri
   4. http://technorati.com/tag/Iraq
   5. http://technorati.com/tag/Iran
   6. http://technorati.com/tag/Ronald+Kessler
   7. http://technorati.com/tag/Mover+Mike