Subject: The truth please Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2003 14:24:45 EDT To: , From: So Why Did America Attack Iraq?
America and the World Needs to Know the Truth

Tell Congress to Get to the Bottom of the Phantom
Weapons of Mass Destruction


To send free faxes to your Senators and Representative, urging= them to get to
the bottom of the missing Weapons of Mass Destruction just click= this link and
follow the instructions.

http://www.truemajority.com/index.asp?action=3D10027&ms=3Dwmd2
In the months and days leading up to the war in Iraq, President= Bush and his
Administration told the American public and the world that they= had proof that
Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction (WMD's) that posed an= imminent threat
to our nation. Some of the allegations are posted at the bottom= of this e-mail.
Yet since the end of the war, American-led teams have not located= either these
weapons or the "re-built factories" that allegedly produced them.= Nor have they
found any proof of a massive and hasty destruction of this= evidence by Saddam's
government.

This leaves three possibilities for why there are no such weapons= now in Iraq,
each more troubling than the last:

1. JUST PLAIN WRONG. U.S. and British intelligence agencies just= got it wrong
and Iraq didn't have the stockpiles described in such detail by= the spy agencies.
This would cast enormous doubt on the government's ability to= defend America..

2. WEAPONS GOT AWAY. The WMD's and the means to make more of them= were spirited
out of Iraq while the battle was raging. This would mean that Al= Qaeda or other
terrorists could have these weapons today and could be preparing= to use them -
a catastrophic blunder.

3. LIES. President Bush and his advisors lied to the American= people and the
world about the existence of WMD's in order to get us into this= war. This would
be a serious crisis for our nation.

Congressional Inquiries have a long and proud history of acting= as a check against
abuses by the Executive branch. In the 1970's the Church= Committee Hearings led
to the reformation of the CIA, resulting in a stronger and safer= nation. The
Watergate Hearings ultimately led to the resignation of a corrupt= President.


We need some answers. Some legislators are already taking a lead= on this.
For example, Rep. Dennis Kucinich is looking for co-sponsors for= a "Resolution
of Inquiry" that would compel the President to turn over to= Congress the intelligence
documents he had on the issue. To support these kinds of efforts,= just click
on the link below.

http://www.truemajority.com/index.asp?action=3D10027&ms=3Dwmd2

Sincerely,

Ben Cohen
President, TrueMajority.org
Co-Founder, Ben &Jerry's Ice Cream*

* I am writing this email on my own and not on behalf of Ben= &Jerry's, which
is not associated with the TrueMajority campaign.

Here is the letter we'll send to your Senators and= Representative:

Dear Senator/Representative:

I am really concerned that Washington DC officials now are saying= that it doesn't
matter that no weapons of mass destruction have been found in= Iraq. Numerous
claims were made to the American people prior to the war about= the imminent danger
that those weapons posed to the United States and the neighbors= of Iraq. Now
the administration seems to be saying that none of those claims= mattered because
we have proven Saddam Hussein is a bad guy. But the veracity of= these claims
does matter.

I would like you, as my Member of Congress, to demand an= explanation for these
inconsistencies. Please take a leading role in calling for an= independent, bi-partisan
commission to investigate the discrepancies between= Administration claims and
the apparent truth. This investigation must include open hearings= with testimony
presented from government and outside witnesses, and produce an= unclassified report
of its conclusions to the American people.

The Congress authorized this war on the notion that these weapons= were an imminent
threat to our national security. Now Congress needs to find out= where those weapons
are -- in someone's imagination or elsewhere? Your constituents= have the right
to know.

Thank you,
(We'll put your name and address here)

Here is a sample of the things the Bush Administration was saying= in the months
leading up to the war:

"It [Iraq] possesses and produces chemical and biological= weapons. It is seeking
nuclear weapons... And surveillance photos reveal that the regime= is rebuilding
facilities that it had used to produce chemical and biological= weapons."
President Bush on October 7, 2002 in Cincinnati

"Right now, Iraq is expanding and improving facilities that were= used for the
production of biological weapons... Iraq has made several= attempts to buy high-strength
aluminum tubes used to enrich uranium for a nuclear weapon."
President Bush on September 12, 2002 to the UN General= Assembly

"Intelligence gathered by this and other governments leaves no= doubt that the
Iraq regime continues to possess and conceal some of the most= lethal weapons ever
devised."
President Bush on March 17, 2003 in his Address to the= Nation

"We know for a fact that there are weapons there [in Iraq]."=
White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer on January 9, 2003 in= his daily press
briefing

"Well, there is no question that we have evidence and information= that Iraq
has weapons of mass destruction, biological and chemical= particularly...all this
will be made clear in the course of the operation, for whatever= duration it takes."
White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer on March 21, 2003 in= his daily press
briefing

"Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has= weapons of mass
destruction...What he wants is time, and more time to husband his= resources to
invest in his ongoing chemical and biological weapons program,= and to gain possession
of nuclear weapons."
Vice President Cheney on August 26, 2002

"We believe he [Saddam Hussein] has, in fact, reconstituted= nuclear weapons.
I think Mr. El Baradei frankly is wrong."
Vice President Cheney on March 16, 2003 on "Meet The Press"

"There is no doubt in my mind but that they currently have= chemical and biological
weapons."
Secretary Rumsfeld on January 7, 2003 at a press briefing

"We have seen intelligence over many months that they have= chemical and biological
weapons, and that they have dispersed them and that they're= weaponized and that,
in one case at least, the command and control arrangements have= been established."
Secretary Rumsfeld on March 24, 2003 on "Face the Nation"

"We know where they [weapons of mass destruction] are, they are= in the area
around Tikrit and Baghdad."
Secretary Rumsfeld on March 30, 2003 on ABC's "This Week"


Your message below was sent to:

Sen. Charles Schumer
313 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510

Dear Senator Schumer,

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton
476 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510

Dear Senator Clinton,

Rep. Jerrold L. Nadler
2334 Rayburn HOB
Washington, DC 20515-3208

Dear Representative Nadler,

I am really concerned that Washington DC officials now are saying= that it doesn't
matter that no weapons of mass destruction have been found in= Iraq. Numerous
claims were made to the American people prior to the war about= the imminent danger
that those weapons posed to the United States and the neighbors= of Iraq. Now
the administration seems to be saying that none of those claims= mattered because
we have proven Saddam Hussein is a bad guy. But the veracity of= these claims
does matter.

I would like you, as my Member of Congress, to demand an= explanation for these
inconsistencies. Please take a leading role in calling for an= independent, bi-partisan
commission to investigate the discrepancies between= Administration claims and
the apparent truth. This investigation must include open hearings= with testimony
presented from government and outside witnesses, and produce an= unclassified report
of its conclusions to the American people.

The Congress authorized this war on the notion that these weapons= were an imminent
threat to our national security. Now Congress needs to find out= where those weapons
are -- in someone's imagination or elsewhere? Your constituents= have the right
to know.

Thank you,

Sincerely,

Horst Hoetzer
322 7th Avenue
New York, NY 10001
horstdesign@cs.com