[alnick]

As one Labour MP pointed out, Blair has been calling for patience on the issue of WMD but patience was shown when it came to giving the UN Inspectors more time.

The sole point of "giving the inspectors more time" was really to give Saddam more time to HIDE THE EVIDENCE.

[jerej]

The sole point of "giving the inspectors more time" was really to give Saddam more time to HIDE THE EVIDENCE. So where did he hide the weapons then? Did he hide them in [insert country that is pissing US off here]? Is Wally in the wardrobe? I seem to remember Colin Powell presenting "evidence" to the UN of these weapons with Cuba Missile Crisis -esque aerial footage. But were are they? Your point is a typical US shoutdown of any criticism. At least the UK can discuss this. US democracy has been replaced with unquestioning patriotism which rejects every other standpoint as 'liberal'.