FACT NUMBER ONE: The coalition going into Iraq had FORTY-NINE members at the beginning of the Gulf Two conflict; these nations were enforcing no less than SEVENTEEN United Nations Security Council resolutions. By way of comparison, the first Gulf War had thirty-something members. By way of comparison, the often suggested designation “unilateral” would seem to imply only one. These nations included the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Japan, South Korea, Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Holland.
FACT NUMBER TWO: STOCKPILES of weapons of mass destruction were EXPECTED by everyone to be found in Iraq, including the French and the Democrats. The French said they didn’t want to go to war because they remember World War Two. Some of the Democrats were hesitant to go to war because they didn’t want to go without the French helping us.
FACT NUMBER THREE: SMALLER AMOUNTS of weapons of mass destruction WERE FOUND in Iraq, including sarin gas and mustard gas. By way of comparison, some people are still saying incorrectly “no WMD” were found in Iraq.
FACT NUMBER FOUR: John Kerry said that he believes life begins at conception, but isn’t willing to enforce that belief on other people. He was referring to what he won’t oppose while in office: what he believes is the taking of human life, the abortion procedure.
FACT NUMBER FIVE: After the BUSH TAX CUTS, we saw the GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT grow more in 2003 (third quarter) than it had grown for twenty years, more than GDP had grown since the RONALD REAGAN TAX CUTS.