"That Iraq was very close to a nuclear weapon just before Gulf War I has been very well known for quite some time now."
Well, we seemed to know that in 2003 too when we invaded and all the Democrats were lining up and talking about how Saddam really was a threat ... We understood then that if Saddam was dangerous in 1991, he would be dangerous again if we didnt do something about it; at *best*, he could be caged but he never be tamed. IF Saddam was 1 year away in 1991, he could get hiself that close quite quickly, since he had the technical material on hand to make progress.
Saddam's history of pursuit of WMDs, and the reality underlying the suspicions about Saddam's programs, has been forgotten in the roar of the leftist 'Bush lied' rhetoric.
This is a helpful reminder that Howard Dean and his 10,000 maniacs are full of it.
President George W. Bush on Nuclear Capabilities:
"I strongly believe he was trying to reconstitute his nuclear weapons program."
Source: President Bush, Prime Minister Blair Discuss War on Terrorism, White House (7/17/2003).