[mylife]

They are from the first gulf war

[RCNOVA]

Which means they were about 13 years old when we invaded Iraq. Pre-mixed sarin has a shelf life of weeks or month. In binary form only a couple of years. I'm certainly not defending Saddam, but the WMDs we were looking for should have been weapons grade. The more important story, which the press chooses to ignore is how much equipment Saddam had in storage which would have allowed him to build up his arsenal of chemical weapons in short order. It doesn't matter if you have chemical weapons, what matters is ability and intent.

[Williams]

What does it matter what war they are from, they exist. Further, one of Sadaam's sons brought an Iraqi nuclear scientist some nuke equipment. I believe centrifuges. He told the scientist to hide them until the UN left, so Iraq could reconstitute its nuclear program. The equipment was buried under rose bushes and turned over to Coalition forces by the scientist.

The above story alone substantiates the reasons for going into Iraq.

[balch3]

They are from the first gulf war
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so what. They're still WMD's.