Patience? There are three news days left before the election (Saturday doesn't count). No one expects the administration to unload on Russia. They could, at least, try to make a stronger case that the weapons were missing when the troops arrived.
Kerry and the media have pinned there remaining election strategy on this story. It needs to be responded to vigorously.
Pootie Poot on Iraq WMDs:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2003/04/11/international1033EDT0615.DTL
Leaders of Russia, France, Germany meet on Iraq
VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV, Associated Press Writer
Friday, April 11, 2003
(04-11) 18:12 PDT ST.PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) --
President Vladimir Putin said Friday he welcomed the fall of Saddam Hussein, but called the U.S.-led war in Iraq illegitimate and a threat to international law.
Speaking after a summit with German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and French President Jacques Chirac, Putin signaled Russia was ready to cooperate with U.S.-led coalition forces on reconstruction, saying Moscow would consider writing off Baghdad's debts.
But Putin also criticized the United States for failing to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, which he said was the only justification for war.
"Even in the most acute moment of the fight for its survival, the Iraqi regime did not use such (weapons)," Putin said. "If in the last moment of its existence it did not use them, it means they do not exist."
Condi Rice just debunked Russian involvement involving moving the munitions out. She said she has seen no report to indicate that. Tony Snow is interviewing her right now.