[McGavin999]

The inspectors were in Iraq for years and finally convinced there were no WMD's to be found. That was right before some defectors led them to massive catches that the inspectors would never have found on their own. The size was documented by the inspectors and they had only begun to destroy them when they left in 1998. Do you suppose Saddam finished the destruction of the existing WMD's? If so, then there should be evidence of that destruction. That stuff doesn't just disappear on it's own. There would be traces in the ground or the water etc.

All you have to do is read some of the first hand reports of what the massacre at Halabja was like to get an idea of what would happen if this stuff was let loose on an American city. We'll find the stuff, or find where it was destroyed.

Yes, we were goin in anyway. We were aware of what the Iraqi people were living through. We knew about Halabja, we knew about the destruction of the Marsh Arabs and the total destruction of a way of life that had been around since the beginning of civilization. We knew about the torture, about the electric cables, about the dismembering, about the mass graves. You bet we were going in anyway.

[joesbucks]

The inspectors were in Iraq for years and finally convinced there were no WMD's to be found. That was right before some defectors led them to massive catches that the inspectors would never have found on their own. The size was documented by the inspectors and they had only begun to destroy them when they left in 1998. Do you suppose Saddam finished the destruction of the existing WMD's? If so, then there should be evidence of that destruction.

I can't explain all of it. But is it possible that in 5 years it could have been destroyed? Possibly. Five years is a long time.

If these items were still on hand or nearby and the program was active as we have claimed, then fresh traces in water and other places would have been found. You can't just in some cases burying this stuff easily. Especially the nuke stuff.

When this war began, I started mentioning to everyone I know, what if no WMD's are found. What if they did destroy or otherwise dispose of them and we end up looking like fools. Eveyone assured me we would be surrounded by them once we went in if they weren't used on us first. Well neither has occurred.

It is plausable that Saddam knew, especially after 911 that he was dead meat for an invasion whether WMD's or not, whether an Osama link or not? President Bush would not allow the assination attempt on his father stand and the guise of a 911 and a probable liklihood of WMD's being found would support that.

I'm not usually prone to being "Chuck Harder or Art Bell" about things like this, but this whole series of events, when seriously looked at doesn't add up on either side.

Yes, we were goin in anyway.

At least you admit it. Most here wouldn't.