So what? Precious little good that does us now. No WMD were found by GWB, and he had 5 years to do it. So GWB was discredited, as was the GOP that supported him. All of which contributed, IMO, to our losing the Congress in 2006 and the WH in 2008.
Furthermore, you cite "evidence to suggest." Evidence does not suggest; evidence proves. What you have in the essay is speculation.
The real issue was never a matter of whether Saddam had WMD, but that he would have again begun producing them and then providing them to terrorists after the sanctions were lifted. You really shoud read the essay. I am sure you will be greatly surprised at the many things you don’t know.
kevao: All of which contributed, IMO, to our losing the Congress in 2006 and the WH in 2008.
Yep to both of you. And that loss of the WH might turn out to be permanent. It is one thing to argue over whether Bush II should have invaded Iraq: Did Saddam really have significant WMD's targeted against the West, or was he just posturing to scare his mortal enemy, Iran?
But beyond that, Bush needed to win the war QUICKLY and CLEANLY. He did neither. Everything about the occupation was bungled, including the disastrous appointment of that idiot Paul Bremer.
WMD weapons were indeed found...but not in the huge quantities originally talked about. Two Senators, Santorum and what’s his face...can’t remember.sorry) held a press conference in June 2006 (?) in which they described how our forces had found over 500 shells of nerve gas. Old shells, but still capable of killing thousands.
Didn’t see more than a tiny paragraph here and there in the MSMedia...but you can still read/watch it online.