[jwalsh07]

Yup, mustard gas in the Euphrates.

However, it doesn't matter if they don't find any inventory. The Ba'athists had the technology to manufacture CB weapons at any time, they had the dual use precursors, mobile bio labs and they had demonstrated a willingness to use same and an undying hatred of America.

Even more telling is the fact that the nutter Hussein failed to comply with 1441 demanding he demonstrate that he had destroyed all CB wepaons and dismantled his program. Only one logical reason for that, he hadn't done it prior to I day.

One other thought woth mentioning is that a trip to the Bekaa Valley may be in order for the doubters.

[TomB]

Just saw this linked from a blog. It puts things into perspective:

[stevem99]

You can repeat 'mustard gas in the Euphrates' til you're
blue in the face, but those were initial tests that
obviously didn't pan out. If you remember, there were a
LOT incidents where field tests indicated chemical weapons,
only to be fun spurious with more indepth testing.

If in fact they had verified those initial finds don't you
think *someone* in the Bush administration would mention
that everytime the WMD issue comes up?