[Atlantic Friend]

Yes, if we're talking chem warheads, I agree. But I wonder, when you're desperate and your capital is about to fall to the Coalition forces, does it stops you from trying ? The purpose of WMD is to make people think twice about attacking you, and if it fails then it's to make them regret they did.

I'm not saying there were no WMDs, see. IMHO, the question is still hanging. But if there were, the only logical explanation I can think of is that the unit commanders used them to buy their safe escape to Syria, Iran, or Jordan. I suppose US intelligence is tracking not only the scientists, but the artillery commanders that would have been ordered to fire the possible WMDs, and that we'll soon see whether my theory makes any sense (if at all).

[HankReardon]

No, the question of whether there ever was any WMD's in Iraq is NOT still hanging.

[Tricorn]

"But I wonder, when you're desperate and your capital is about to fall to the Coalition forces, does it stops you from trying ? The purpose of WMD is to make people think twice about attacking you, and if it fails then it's to make them regret they did."

You would think that that was what an air force was for too, wouldn't you? Yet during Gulf War I, Saddam sent it to Iran rather than risk using it. He wanted to preserve it for future use, knowing that Bush I was kind and gentle and considered him just another point of light and would not hurt him. He miscalculated with Bush II.