[Zeroisanumber]

So you're saying that non-functioning shells left over from previous wars constitute an ongoing WMD program?

[CobaltBlue]

So you're saying that non-functioning shells left over from previous wars constitute an ongoing WMD program?

Yeah, I think that's what they're saying.

Which is why the Bush administration isn't pushing this line.

If this is the best Santorum can do, he's doomed. JMHO.

[plain talk]

So you're saying that non-functioning shells left over from previous wars constitute an ongoing WMD program?

I'm saying anyone that says "There were no WMDs" are wrong. The status of any ongoing program to build new ones is a separate issue. But the fact he had WMDs is a fact. It's also a fact that he thumbed his nose at inspections. It's also a fact he tried to assassinate a US President, Bush's father. Put all this together and it's clear Saddam had to go. Any rational government would have done what we did.

[muawiyah]

The article isn't about "non functioning shells". It is, in fact, about "fully functional shells" filled with WMD chemicals.

So why are you asking about "non functioning shells"? Certainly you can get your fill of such over at DU or Bartcop.

[oolatec]

There weren't supposed to be any leftovers. Yet somehow, sanctions worked. Uh, sure.

[weegee]

Saddam was under order by UN resolution to destroy his old WMD.

That circumvention DOES constitute part of an ongoing WMD program.

Saddam's own scientists have agreed that he continued to seek WMD. Some say that they obstructed his efforts. But if a spouse TRIES to hire a hitman, we still prosecute the spouse for attempted murder.