I read your post. I took exception to one part of your post that seemed out of context. Lone and overshadowing are two words with different meanings. A lot of FReepers like to have their cake and eat it too. Also, just wanted to restate and clarify the use of the term media "myth".
If I misjudged your remarks, my apology.
No. I just think you took it awful seriously especially since I accepted your correction. I will stand firmly on the word 'lone' and I think your own first reply to me reinforces that. I also stand by my assessment that WMDs weren't an 'overshadowing' issue in terms of the President's case for war. Perhaps 'overtowering' would have been a better word. You may disagree.
I would say 'central' and even 'prominent' would be fitting but I listened to every single speech he made running up to invading Iraq (and read the transcripts afterwards) and I never took away from those speeches that WMDs were most important. The Pres. clearly imparted to me that the main issue was Saddam's unpredictability, arrogance and antipathy towards the US and Isreal combined with Iraq's close ties with terrorism. WMDs were simply the most fearful manifestation that might come from that situation. It was that situation that was intolerable not the materials themselves. I thought the Pres. articulated that very well.