I have a bit of a different take. The chemical weapons you are referring to did exist and US soldiers encountered them. They were mainly leftover artillery shells from the 1980s, many of which were rusted and leaking and could not be fired. They were not an active, usable inventory of chemical weapons; there was no ongoing production of them or other WMD; and there was no WMD ready for use. This was addressed in the Robb-Silberman’s 2005 report, long before the Slimes’ 2014 report. Botton line is that there were 1980s leftovers all over the place but these were not the WMDs that the war was sold to the American public on the basis of. I do agree that Rove is terrible. I’m sure we’ll be seeing a lot of him around the mid-terms. He’s probably doubling up on calories to carry him through spreading his RINO garbage.
> there was no WMD ready for use <
One school of thought is Saddam still had WMDs. He kept them to intimidate his sworn enemy, Iran. But those weapons were old and unreliable, as you noted.
What about any more modern WMDs? The ones that were moved to Syria, etc.? They fall into the “some guy told some other guy” category. I don’t find that convincing at all.
And the U.S. government couldn't let it be known who manufactured them.