[Carry_Okie]

I somehow doubt it comes as much of a surprise to our team who also got the UN resolutions before going into Iraq. These people are methodical, not stupid—despite what some may think.

OK, I'm one of them. While we were busy with the UN, Saddam and the Rusians were squirreling WMD in Syria, setting up the President for the biggest PR disaster of his administration. At that time Syria was in control of Lebanese ports. By now those weapons could be anywhere, including here in the US.

[pollyannaish]

LOL. That doesn't surprise me. We'll still have to agree to disagree.

If this administration didn't have the cover of those resolutions, we would be in worse shape PR wise, imo. Same holds true for Israel. Unfortunately the correct route is not always the direct route.

[FreeReign]

While we were busy with the UN, Saddam and the Rusians were squirreling WMD in Syria.

How long do you think it would take to "squirrel" biological and chemical WMD into Syria?

My guess is very little time.

UN resolutions or no UN resolutions, Saddam would have moved his biological WMD.

[Whitebread]

I'm familiar with the notion that the Russians aided Sadam's thugs with moving the WMD materials to Syria but the thought that you pose, Syrian control of the Lebanese ports, and that these WMDs could now be anywhere in the world is surely freightening. I think that the reason Pres. Bush will not state that the WMD and were were removed from Iraq to Elsewhere is because he does not want to acknolewedge that they are still out there, and out of our control.

He does this for 2 reasons: first, to rope-a-dope the terrorists into thinking there are no WMDs, second to allay our fears of their existance and threat that they pose.