Why vote for a 3rd party?

Well, I was going to sit down and carefully list all my reasons, but this guy beat me to it. Since he did such a good job I figure I'd just link to his blog, happy reading: Lest Darkness Fall

Where are the weapons of logic and reason?

I am tired of hearing the repeated blathering of brainless reporters who quip catchy soundbites instead of saying anything of substance. I'm tired of watching people I KNOW to be smart mislead by subconscious allegience to the assumption that the news relates facts (it should, after all). So I figure I should speak up, rather than bitch quietly to my friends about how screwed up the world is...

So, to all those reporters who continue to tell us "There were no weapons of mass destruction" in Iraq, I say:

1) Yes, there were. That's what Saddam killed thousands of Kurds with. The remainder of his stockpile used against the Kurds was never accounted for.

2) There were mobile manufacturing facilities, as evidenced after the recent US invasion, and proof Saddam tried to purchase WMDs on the black market.

"There is no Saddam Hussein!"How can I say that? Well, because: Prior to the US invasion of Iraq the US had satelite evidence that he existed. The UN agreed that he existed and said it was ok for the US to remove him from power. The US invaded Iraq but after several months could not find Hussein. Therefore he doesn't exist! Oh, wait, but then the US forces DID find him, hiding in a little hole in the ground. Hmmm, anyone else see a parallel here? Don't tell me that the WMDs don't exist just because they haven't been found yet. That's a grossly illogical conclusion drawn from known, proven facts.

How do we know that he had WMDs prior to the US invasion? Because he used them on the Kurds and no one ever took the rest away! People, especially survival fanatics like Hussein, do not voluntarily get rid of useful tools. WMDs were a useful tool for Hussein. The decade-long UN inspections turned up nothing because it's not hard to hide a few hundred barrels in a country as large as Iraq. Hussein is a very patient, calculating person. That's why he was in power for so long. He knew that eventually the inspectors would go away, and they did - without finding what logic tells us must be there somewhere!

Facts: Saddam has used WMDs against others and he was known to possess WMDs prior to the most recent US invasion. To date, the US ground forces have not found WMDs in Iraq, but they DID find illegal raw materials, mobile manufacturing facilities and weapon systems capable of deliverying them. If I may use a parallel: A man, let's call him Bob (Hussein), shoots a person to death (Kurds). He is convicted of the crime and no longer allowed to own firearms (UN rulings). Later, a neighbor (satalites) thinks he sees Bob at home with a gun (WMDs), so the neighbor calls the cops (US). Bob flees and the cops enter his home, in which they find a gun (weapon system) and reciepts for the purchase of ammo, but no actual bullets (WMDs). Was there no threat? Of course there was. Bob did in fact break the conditions of the court's ruling by having the gun, with or without bullets. Bullets are easy to hide. A lack of bullets in the immediate vicinity of the gun does not diminish the ongoing threat Bob posed to his neighbors by having the gun after demonstrating his willingness to kill the innocent with it.

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