I'm still amazed by those who make the claim that saddam didn't have WMD's, since our military couldn't "find them". Of COURSE they are in Syria- or the Pakistani border, or Egypt, or Lebanon, or somewhere ELSE where we could not get at them. Saddam was a monster, but never accused of being stupid.
That claim could certainly be made against those in this country who gleefully (and stupidly) mug for the camera and ask "where are the WMD's"?
My favorite question to one of them is WHAT do THEY think a WMD IS? And what is it they imagine killed all those Kurds?
It make no sense to me. What's the purpose of having WMD's if you don't use them to protect your sovereignty? I must be thinking like a Westerner because it seems plenty stupid from where I sit.
And I'm amazed at people who make the claim that Saddam Hussein did have WMDs despite the fact that they haven't been found. When a country wages a "pre-emptive" war against another country like the U.S. has in this case, it is up to the U.S. to prove that the basis for that war was legitimate . . . and wild speculation about where these so-called WMDs are does not amount to proof in any sense of the word. Quite frankly, I think anyone who believes that a head of state would move his most effective means of defense outside his country -- while he himself crawled down a hole as an invading army toppled his regime -- is pretty damned naive.
I'd also point out that this war was a dismal failure on the part of the U.S. if we've spent hundreds of billions of dollars and thousands of U.S. lives over these WMDS -- only to have them spirited out of the country without our knowledge.