[RusIvan]

I think no one object the fact that WMD program was there.
But this program wasn't successfull. At least in nuclier part. Other parts like biological and chemical seems they destroyed themselves.
No doubt that they can reestablish all that if UN lifted sanctions. And provide terrorist with them.
Those points none objects. So that anti-Saddam operation was baseful but only as prevention.

But it was mistake of president advisers to press on reality of WMD. President Bush and Tony Blaier both said that Saddam has WMD with 45 minute readiness. It wasn't true.
IMHO to recouperate the damage pres Bush has to admit he wasn't right on that point. I think it is refusal which put oil to fire now and feed the press.

[Texas2step]

And, it seems that you've drunk the kool-aid that the press has been giving out. If you really believe what you wrote, you have been seriously misled.

T2s

[thoughtomator]

The press isn't interested in the truth, just witness the "16 words" fiasco over uranium from Niger, they still don't admit they got that wrong. The press simply wants to attack this President, and any excuse will do.

WMD are at the core of why we took out Saddam. Post 9/11, it simply is not conducive to survival to do nothing when the ability to create and deliver WMD is combined with the desire to use them against us. Equally unacceptable would be for a nation to provide safe haven to enable others to do so. For our own survival, we could no longer take the risks inherent with waiting for Saddam to die (just to get one of his insane sons as a replacement) or be overthrown (extremely unlikely given the regime and history of failed revolt there).