IIRC, the argument was that the Iraqi military used the balloons for AA target practice. Whether that is a good argument, I have no idea.
I find it interesting that so many people are going out of their way to explain Saddams use of such things. Everyone knows he had the stuff, everyone knows he used the stuff, everyone knows he wanted more of the stuff. We had the Sec State showing pictures of how they made the stuff, and now all these people are going out of their way to make excuses for it when we find it.
The truth is its kind of scary to hear the Dems defend Saddam by saying he never attacked us, when the Taliban never attacked us either. Its odd that our "allies" and the Dems are more interested in proving Bush was wrong than proving Saddam was wrong.
It is becoming increasingly obvious the Dems, the French, Germans, and the UN prefer to do business with dictators, at the expense of the peasants they rule than to do the right thing. Lets face it, if Kerry had his way Saddam wouldn't only be in power, but would control all the oil in Iraq, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia and we would be at the disposal of a deranged lunatic and his two sons. THAT tells you what kind of man Kerry is.