Best short explanation I've read of the threat Saddam's WMD program posed is
here. It's by Rolf Ekeus, the Swede who was Hans Blix's predecessor as chief weapons inspector in Iraq, 91-97. If somebody from the Bush administration said the same things Ekeus said, I might dismiss it as after-the-fact spin, but from Ekeus, who would know as much about Saddam's WMD as any non-Iraqi, and who owes no allegiance to the Dubya administration, these comments carry a lot of weight with me.
This was a great link and so tiny I've had to really search to find it again in #48! A great read for everyone.Thanks.