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Of course, you all aren't looking at the facts of what was said. I guess you think if you keep saying it over and over it will make it true. Here are several transcripts of what actually happened.. I doubt any of you will even take the time to be educated.As you will see that the final resolutions said very little about WMD.This site has all of the documents from the UN and all of the other countries. They are on record and real. Read for yourself to see the truth.The Iraq Liberation Act of 1998<a class="user" href="http://www.iraqwatch.org/government/US/Legislation/ILA.htm&quot;&gt;http://www.iraqwatch.org/government/US/Legislation/ILA.htm&lt;/a&gt;REVISED AS OF 10/05/98 -- Passed House, amended) Iraq Liberation Act of 1998 - Declares that it should be the policy of the United States to seek to remove the Saddam Hussein regime from power in Iraq and to replace it with a democratic government. <a class="user" href="http://www.iraqwatch.org/government/US/Legislation/hirc-hjres114report-100702.pdf&quot;&gt;http://www.iraqwatch.org/government/US/Legislation/hirc-hjres114report-100702.pdf&lt;/a&gt;The complete resolution that that congress drafted and passed and then Bush signed.<a class="user" href="http://www.iraqwatch.org/government/US/Legislation/hirc-hjres114report-100702.pdf&quot;&gt;http://www.iraqwatch.org/government/US/Legislation/hirc-hjres114report-100702.pdf&lt;/a&gt; War Powers resolution in August 2002<a class="user" href="http://www.iraqwatch.org/government/US/Legislation/hjres110-092302.htm&quot;&gt;http://www.iraqwatch.org/government/US/Legislation/hjres110-092302.htm&lt;/a&gt;Whereas in 1988 Congress concluded that Iraq was then in material and unacceptable breach of its international obligations and thereby threatened the vital interests of the United States and international peace and security, stated the reasons for that conclusion, and urged the President to take appropriate action to bring Iraq into compliance with its international obligations (Public Law 105-235); Whereas Iraq persists in violating resolutions of the United Nations Security Council by continuing to engage in brutal repression of its civilian population, including the Kurdish people, thereby threatening peace and security in the region, by refusing to release, repatriate, or account for non-Iraqi citizens wrongfully detained by Iraq, and by failing to return property wrongfully seized by Iraq from Kuwait; Whereas Iraq is in breach of United Nations Security Council Resolution 687, to cease repression of its civilian population pursuant to Security Council Resolution 688, and to cease threatening its neighbors or United Nations operations in Iraq pursuant to Security Council Resolution 949; Whereas United Nations Security Council Resolution 678 authorizes use of all necessary means to compel Iraq to comply with these `subsequent relevant resolutions'; Whereas Congress, in the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution (Public Law 102-1), authorized the President to use United States Armed Forces to achieve full implementation of Security Council Resolutions 660, 661, 662, 664, 665, 666, 667, 669, 670, 674, and 677, pursuant to Security Council Resolution 678; Whereas Congress, in section 1095 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (Public Law 102-190), has stated that it `supports the use of all necessary means to achieve the goals of Security Council Resolution 687 as being consistent with the authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq (Public Law 102-1)', that Iraq's repression of its civilian population violates United Nations Security Council Resolution 688 and `constitutes a continuing threat to the peace, security, and stability of the Persian Gulf Region', and that Congress `supports the use of all necessary means to achieve the goals of Resolution 688'; Whereas Congress, in the Iraq Liberation Act of 1998 (Public Law 105-338), has expressed its sense that it should be the policy of the United States to support efforts to remove from power the current Iraqi political structure and promote the emergence of a democratic government to replace that political structure; Whereas in 1998 Iraq rejected full cooperation with the United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM) to ensure the destruction of all weapons of mass destruction;

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