Err... HELLO???????????
I'm am a proud republican and bush voter, and I supported the removal of saddam wholeheartedly. All I asked was a question - which given the lack so far of stockpiles, and the amount of foreign arabs in Iraq, and the fact that a lot of neighboring countries have WMDs, doesn't seem totally beyond the bounds of reason to ask.
Unfortunately, it is the over-reaction of some of our fellow republicans to questioning/debate (even if you do think it's a stupid question, not everyone might) that shed us in a bad light with a lot of people. You are right that some people will never be 'converted' to realizing the threat but I am not one of them. And it's pretty unhelpful to suggest that asking this type of question makes me automatically a terrorist sympathiser or at least anti-US which is basically what you infer. Nothing could be further from the truth.
I agree that it's the greatest possibility of it coming from Iraq. I'm just saying that it's not a vanishingly small probability that it came from outside - in fact I'd be much MORE concerned if this was the case as it would mean the terrorists are able to transport more easily than I imagined. Maybe it even came from Syria????? Isn't that outside iraq? Does this suggestion suddenly make me a peacenik?
Next time please think before you attack.
... though now that I see it was artillery shell (first time I read the story it was saying a roadside bomb) I'd have to agree it almost certainly IS from inside, or at least a syrian import. Al-qaeda (etc.) has been building a good deal of capability in chemical weapons as bombs but not as far as I know as military equipment, so certainly looks more like ex-saddam material.
Let me correct your sentence for ya.:
>"I am a proud Republican, and a President Bush supporter."
"Does this suggestion suddenly make me a peacenik?"
NO.
Please forgive those of us who are skeptical of newbies who come in and make statements like you just did. Usually they are disruptive trolls. So the response you got was a natural one.
"Maybe it even came from Syria????? Isn't that outside iraq?
Yes, maybe it came from Syria...and maybe it came to Syria, via Iraq? Very possible, no?
But don't you think it's possible that Saddam diseminated some bio/chem agents to his allies, and Baathist party loyalists? More likey than not, (imo).
Next time please think before you attack.
I just read down to this message. If I've misjudged your intentions I apologize. Your question matches the sort of accusations being touted on the Leftist message boards combined with the fact that you just signed up today smells like trolling. It's not uncommon. Just so you understand where people are coming from.