Don't you think that it is even a little odd that with all the dead bang pronouncments about WMD before our invasion, that now we can't find any at all? The Iraqis weren't much good at anything but suddenly we're expected to think they are master magicians who make huge complex weapons programs disappear. What do I have to be ashamed of -- pointing out the obvious?
Richard W.
No. If you were an Iraqi official, the last thing you'd want to do is be caught dead with WMD. Sorry if that logic escapes you.
The Iraqis weren't much good at anything but suddenly we're expected to think they are master magicians who make huge complex weapons programs disappear. What do I have to be ashamed of -- pointing out the obvious?
Saddam, as most anyone sane admits, had become a master of concealment. No I'm not surprised that the weapons are difficult to find. Nor am I surprised that anti-war people are already complaining about the length of time to find the weapons, because no timescale was ever going to be good enough. I suspect when they are found, you will next complain that it wasn't "enough" WMD to justify an invasion, and even if they are found in massive quantities, I am sure you will complain that these WMD weren't lethal enough in total to justify the invasion. Your position, to be sure, is not the product of any legitimate concerns or questions - it is an attempt to find some crack in the logic of taking out Iraq.
Every anti-war person should be utterly ashamed given what we've discovered just so far about this regime. The fact that you're not, and your premature crowing about WMD, indicates you are indeed anti-war no matter what, a position which has grown more pathetic and despciable over time.
Ivan
That is exactly what you are asking me to believe if you actually think there are no WMD in Iraq.
Huge quantities of these weapons were there before. What do you think happened to them?