[cookcounty]

". A single shell is in no way indication of an active WMD program. "

What kind of nonsense is this? It's like finding an automobile and saying there's no evidence of an automobile-manufacturing program. The idea that this binary artillery shell is a unique custom-made item is pretty ludicrous.

By the way, what is the minimum threshold of deadly doses of Sarin before a weapon can be considered an WMD ? --5 thousand? -5 million? 5 billion? ---what's the number?

---just curious.

[Steve_Seattle]

"What kind of nonsense is this? It's like finding an automobile and saying there's no evidence of an automobile-manufacturing program. The idea that this binary artillery shell is a unique custom-made item is pretty ludicrous."

Every once in a while, you might see someone driving around in a Packard, but that doesn't mean they're still making Packards. Obviously, the shell wasn't unique and was one of many when produced, but the question is when was it produced? That's ONE of the questions, at least, but the fact that the shell was found DOES give more credibility to the idea that Saddam still had these weapons in his arsenal. As someone said the other day, if Bush had claimed there were no WMD's in Iraq, and this shell had then been found, the Dems would say this proves how stupid Bush is and how he didn't "connect the dots," "Why didn't he know?" etc.

[VRWC_minion]

By the way, what is the minimum threshold of deadly doses of Sarin before a weapon can be considered an WMD ? --5 thousand? -5 million? 5 billion? ---what's the number?

X + 1

Where X ='s the amount number of deadly doses found.

[JCB]

"By the way, what is the minimum threshold of deadly doses of Sarin before a weapon can be considered an WMD ? --5 thousand? -5 million? 5 billion? ---what's the number?"

I dunno exactly where I'd put the number but it sure as hell isn't one shell!

Look, I'm glad the war happened and that Saddam is gone. It's just also clear to me that the WMD threat at the time of war was inflated at best, non-existant at worst.