[SubMareener]

Because we would have to go to the places in Siria where they buried the WMD, and we want to finish Iraq first. As long as the WMD are buried, they aren't going to hurt anyone.

[G.Mason]

"Because we would have to go to the places in Syria where they buried the WMD, and we want to finish Iraq first ..."

BINGO!!

FWIW ... that's exactly why we are treading rather softly on Iran, also. ;)

[plain talk]

As long as the WMD are buried, they aren't going to hurt anyone.

??? We don't know where they are so it's presumptous to make this statement. They may be in the hands of terrorists for all we know.

[Thermalseeker]

Because we would have to go to the places in Siria where they buried the WMD, and we want to finish Iraq first. As long as the WMD are buried, they aren't going to hurt anyone.

And, I suspect we have one or more of our spook satellites trained on the burial spot(s). If anything moves, we'll turn it into a smokin' hole in the ground.....