[observer5]

"Each passing day confirms that Saddam's regieme didn't have the WMD that Blair claimed he had. Heck, we haven't found any at all let alone the 45 min crap the Britts claimed. Talk about making stuff up to get the desired outcome. Geez."

Only fools believe that this was about WMD. It was always about changing the Middle East for good. Let the fools fight and argue over nothing.

[bernie_g]

This may be a 'nothing' issue in the US, but when Blair was trying to get the UK on board, he had part of the country totally against war whatever happened, part of it just as keen to see 'our chaps' show their mettle and a large part, something like 1/4 to 1/2, not convinced and wanting to see compelling reasons, showing it was in the British national interest, before supporting the US in invading Iraq.

Blair would probably not have gotten the support to go to war without making his WMD claims, like it or not. Whatever the greater moral dimensions may be, he's staked his reputation with the UK public on those WMD claims to get the UK to war.

So it may not be a matter of concern in the US, but Blair went far out on a limb for Bush and the way things are going, he's going to be badly, perhaps even fatally damaged as a result of the WMD claims that he made in support of US policies.