[mr.pink]

I'd have to think besides "only me", the folks who "supplied" the intel also would like to see themselves and their veracity vindicated as opposed to becoming laughingstocks and having their reputations destroyed.

[TomB]

I'd have to think besides "only me", the folks who "supplied" the intel also would like to see themselves and their veracity vindicated as opposed to becoming laughingstocks and having their reputations destroyed.

I belive you are basing you opinions on the hope that, in a couple of months or a couple of years, when an announcement comes that there are or were no WMDs, the world will fall into an earth-shattering snit. Given the attention span of most people, and the good news coming out of the region, the chance of that coming to pass are slim, either because WMDs (or traces of their destruction, precursors, or production facilities) will be found or people just won't care.