England, Germany and France intelligence also believed Iraq had WMD. So did the Clinton administration including WJC-the pervert, AlGore and Madeline Halfbright. WMD were used by Iraq against its Kurd citizens. This is a fact not conjecture. Thus, Iraq did have WMD before the 2003 war and before 9/11. There is no viable counter argument to these facts.
Since in 3 years we have found little-or-no evidence of their continued existence in Iraq, that means they're 1) still buried somewhere in country or, 2) they were secreted outside the country. The correct answer may be both 1 and 2 but the idea that they were transferred to Syria is not a worthless consideration.
Finally, the idea that the war is a dismal failure is specious. Although we have yet to find the WMD, Iraq has been liberated, Saddam is on trial for his life. The Iraqi people have voted not only for their Constitution but a representative government. AQ is clearly on the run in Iraq as well as elsewhere: 1) Just the fact that Sunni Muslims now have turned against Zarqawi is evidence of this; 2)We may have taken out Zawahiri on the 14th as well as other top AQ leaders; 3) AQ has yet to accomplish another attack on the American mainland although on is certainly possible. To pin the war's success or failure on the issue of WMD is not only shortsighted but unsupportable logic. If you wish to be a player in the world of logic and reason, you have to do better than this!
Ironically, it was the Clinton administration's insistence that Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction that were a strong indication to me that he probably didn't -- at least not as late as 1998. I find it baffling to see so many so-called conservatives fall for the same "weapons of mass destruction" nonsense that was used by the previous administration specifically to make that dysfunctional @sshole look presidential and garner political support from soccer moms with double-digit IQs.
Finally, the idea that the war is a dismal failure is specious.
That's true. In fact, suggesting that the war is a success or a failure is a futile endeavor, since you probably can't find three people in Washington these days who can even spell out the war's objectives clearly in the first place.