That had ended after the Gulf War. Iraq was a dangerous weakling by 2003. It was capable of fomenting terrorism and, of course, we thought it had WMD. But it was no match for Iran.
It was that vacuum that was part of the decision for us to go in there.
Until someone comes forward and details what was in the convoys of hundreds of trucks that went to Syria saying that there were no WMD's in Iraq is pure speculation. 4000 TONS of partially enriched uranium was transported to Y-12 in Oakridge from Iraq. There was an article in the Chattanooga newspaper about it. They guy who spilled the beans got fired and now that article is nowhere to be found. I saw the satellite photos of 1500 truck convoys, Russian truck convoys, heading west out of Iraq before the invasion. Now, those photos are nowhere to be found on the net. Hmmmmmm?
It did, one even used stupidly in a road side bomb against the troops, stupidly because it was not set off in the air so chemicals could mix. There are lists of those found, maybe even a book. Personally I do not know the magic number of WMD's that must be found before it is acknowledged that there were weapons found seeing how only one of these weapons can cause mass casualties but he I am not the MSM.