And, in a sense, they are correct. They, like most Americans following this, would also ask the Major if some of this "bad stuff"--the HMX, for example---was part of that 250 tonnes he says his forces removed from the site.
The Major replied that this wasn't his area of expertiese. His deal was logistics---physically moving what his people found, whatever was "easily accessible"---and that follow-on forces were to go to the ammo dump where this stuff was placed to identify what was there.
In that sense, the MSM reporters there are correct. I think it's also fair to ask why someone who *could* directly speak to the full nature of what was removed hasn't been brought forward yet.
Hey, I don't like the MSM any more than the next guy, but some of their skepticism here is well founded at the moment.
The Major did not see an IAEA seals, either, so that would go to the "that particular material was removed from the facility before we got there" theory.
The Pentagon spokesman did reiterate there was much "unusual activity" involving trucks before the war began.
"...Hey, I don't like the MSM any more than the next guy, but some of their skepticism here is well founded at the moment..."
You're missing the larger points: firstly, it shows that the leadership DID have a plan to destroy these weapons' caches; secondly it shows that these weapons may have already been GONE when we moved into al qaqaa; and finally, it shows that we were already disposing of these weapons, as early as the 2nd week of April. These are MAJOR points (no pun intended).