r/comics • A Penny For Your Thoughts • 29d ago

OC Airport Security (OC)

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u/gopher1409 29d ago

Iraqi Freedom was against Saddam for the WMDs that weren’t real.

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u/Crashbrennan 29d ago

They were. Chemical weapons are WMDs. Bush just deliberately traded on the fact that everyone hears "WMDs" and assumes that means nukes.

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u/gopher1409 29d ago

The public knew it was mostly chemical weapons. But yes, they sold the invasion on dirty bombs and yellow-cake.

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u/Xerorei 28d ago

That STILL doesn't invalidate his statement.

Chemical weapons ARE WMDs.

Just not the explodey, irradiate the land for ten thousand years kind.