[TruthShallSetYouFree]

For God's sake, show it to the world so the
Rats will leave Bush alone about it.

[ex-snook]

The question to Ministers is, What did they see and When did they see it. Were the leaders all fed the same common data? The Niger incident stands out for public investigation - Who, what, when, where, why and how. Right now Blair and Bush are holding the bag.

[TheDon]

I wonder if it was the Iranians or the Kurds who provided the evidence, in the form of thousands of dead and maimed victims of WMDs.

[munozjoe]

That whole WMD question should not be hyped so much any longer. We can bring it up again once WMD have been found. Until then it is just bad news they will always turn against us.
I already mentioned it in another thread, I think we should work on our marketing.
One thing we should not forget is that the case is watched by the whole world. If we do not manage to improve they will turn everything against us. They cannot beat us with their military. But they can radicalize the masses, produce more terrorists.
Although Iraq was freed from Saddam, a terrible despot, people all over the planet were protesting against the US. Imagine you gave ice-cream to everyone and their reaction was: "No thanks, you are only trying to poison us." If that happens, as a businessman, I would say something has gone wrong with your marketing.
I do a lot of my trading business in Canada, Mexico, Indonesia, and Germany. If you do good business people are still nice. But you should not discuss this war with anyone outside the US, some get furious, some just mention one point after the other why the war was evil and Bush a mean guy. Fortunately they have no right to vote here. But we should keep in mind that it is easier to live with weak allies than on your own.
One thing: I stopped trading with Indonesia when the war started. They have become too aggressive. Colleagues tell me similar stories from Malaysia, not to mention Arab countries.

[Paladin2]

Would someone please explain the reason for the apoplectic interest is this issue?

Is it because "where are the WMD?" is the Bush bashing topic of the moment of the DemocRATS like we've seen in the past led by T. Dashle?

Or is it a basic governance issue that really needs to be examined? The NPR had on some individual who was the leader of some think tank who claimed to be interested in an unpartisan investigation (ya, right). It would seem that there is no other topic that is "newsworthy".

Is there a real underlying issue here?

[FairOpinion]

"But Mr Hain said people should wait for the findings of the Iraq survey group. "I saw evidence that was categoric on Saddam possessing chemical and biological weapons of mass destruction," he said. "

[FairOpinion]

Frankly, at this point, now that Saddam is captured, I really don't know why they don't bring this evidence forward and rub the noses of the anti-Bush and anti-Blair elements into it.

That would just about take the wind out of the sails of the Democrats.