Inhofe: Media invented WMD excuse for Iraq invasion

**PUGalicious** · 05-01-2007, 04:50 AM

Our "beloved" senator Jim Inhofe lives in a parallel, alternative reality universe where truth is relative and facts are meaningless. From Think Progress:

Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) on Friday:

Inhofe, speaking to the press before Cheney’s arrival, lambasted Democrats for Thursday’s Senate vote to begin withdrawal from Iraq by Oct. 1 and the press for “mischaracterizing” the reasons for U.S. involvement.
“The whole idea of weapons of mass destruction was never the issue, yet they keep trying to bring this up,” Inhofe said. […]
Pressed for an explanation, Inhofe said weapons of mass destruction were “incidental” to the decision to invade Iraq.
“The media made that the issue because they knew Saddam Hussein had used weapons of mass destruction.”

Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) in August 2002:

Our intelligence system has said that we know that Saddam Hussein has weapons of mass destruction — I believe including nuclear. There’s not one person on this panel who would tell you unequivocally that he doesn’t have the missile means now, or is nearly getting the missile means to deliver a weapon of mass destruction. And I for one am not willing to wait for that to happen.

**kevinpate** · 05-01-2007, 06:38 AM

The 180 Shuffle appears yet again to be alive and well.

**Easy180** · 05-01-2007, 08:33 AM

I wish he would come back home and out of the spotlight and vote on more important matters like our state vegetable

Dude is an embarrassment to a state that needs all the positive press we can get

**AFCM** · 05-01-2007, 10:07 PM

Imagine if his name was Jack. Just think about how embarrassed we all would be to have a Senator named Jack Inhofe.

**writerranger** · 05-01-2007, 11:13 PM

What an embarrassment.

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**Spartan** · 05-02-2007, 12:09 AM

He's dead-on that WMDs were "incidental." LOL

He should be commended for being the only senator to oppose Al Gore's publicity stunt. But more often than not he is Public Embarrassment Numero Uno for this state. Most embarrassing was his "special exhibit" during the constitutional marriage amendment debate.