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Here's what I sent mine yesterday after his tirade

I am writing to tell you of my disgust that you spoke on the house floor today 2/15/7 during the debate for the resultion #68, and misled the nation.

You stated that there were no WMDs. The link below from the House site proves that over 500 shells filled with degraded mustard and sarin have been found since we entered Iraq. Each shell is capable of killing approximately 3000 people, for a total toll of approximately 1.5 MILLION people.

http://intelligence.house.gov/Media/PDFS/DNILetter.pdf

Below is an excerpt from the "LETTER DATED 27 JANUARY 1999 FROM THE PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NETHERLANDS AND SLOVENIA TO THE UNITED NATIONS ADDRESSED TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL" that can be found here:

http://www.un.org/Depts/unscom/s99-94.htm

"550 Artillery shells filled with Mustard

33. Iraq declared that 550 shells filled with mustard had been "lost" shortly after the Gulf War. To date, no evidence of the missing munitions has been found. Iraq claimed that the chemical warfare agents filled into these weapons would be degraded a long time ago and, therefore, there would be no need for their accounting. However, a dozen mustard-filled shells were recovered at a former CW storage facility in the period 1997-1998. The chemical sampling of these munitions, in April 1998, revealed that the mustard was still of the highest quality. After seven years, the purity of mustard ranged between 94 and 97%. Thus, Iraq has to account for these munitions which would be ready for combat use. The resolution of this specific issue would also increase confidence in accepting Iraq’s other declarations on losses of chemical weapons which it has not been possible to verify."

If you state that there were no WMDs in Iraq again, I will know that you are intentionally stating mis truths, and I will do my best to make sure that everyone in the state knows that you spread falsehoods for political purpose.

I am hoping you are an honest person.

BTW, I'm not counting on him acknowledging that there is proof of WMDs found after the invasion, and I will enjoy skewering him if I can.