Read his report. The chemical shell was not destroyed as Iraq claimed, it was intact. We're not sure if Blixie had time to dig further, but there's reason to believe he didn't want to.
Your next response will probably be "ONE SHELL?"
To which I will say, "Why yes, one shell. I suppose you think Iraq only filled ONE shell with chemical weapons in the last decade, and used the remaining chemicals in the barrel, which of course was a one-time salesman's sample and not part of a larger manufacturing run, to kill the infamous corn borers that lurk in the Euphrates."
Of course, even THAT is more plausible than the idea that Iraq destroyed the other shells all by itself, making no effort to have the UN document it so it could get those sanctions lifted, and just "missed one."
Yeah, sure.
And Iraq had intended those modified drones to spray Goldbond powder on sweaty date harvesters.
And Iraq designed those modified warheads Blix mentioned in his report to disperse confetti for Uday's birthday party.
And Dr. Germ the bioweapons scientist really held down a job at Baskin al-Robins all along, which requires all of its ice cream store clerks to have advanced degrees in biochemistry so they can innoculate children using special Belgian chocolate and French vanilla flavoring. She couldn't POSSIBLY have been employed in a field which involves the very weapons she is a specialist in...
Give me a break. Even Blixie AND Iraq admitted to Iraq's having thousands of liters of anthrax, and even Blixie admitted Iraq had not proven even one teaspoon of it was disposed of, nor made an effort to have the UN team come in and destroy it for them. And that doesn't even count anything Iraq was estimated to be capable of producing with what it purchased and didn't claim.
Named sources have said that WMD have been found in Iraq from Kay to the PM of Australia, Blair and Bush. The best the press can do is cite unnamed sources.
We should have resumed fighting Iraq as soon as they violated the cease fire- which occured the moment they refused to turn over prisoners abducted from Kuwait, one of the most basic of the requirements that had to be met. Waiting years and years through violation after violation, finding after finding of WMD that had not been turned over, through every smuggling effort we caught them in, through every terrorist effort they supported, only let people get it into their heads that Iraq really hasn't been asking for it in every way possible all along.
Yeah sure. Blix didn't want to find them. LOL Too funny. You guys will believe anything. Seen Elvis lately?
Richard W.