[Anti-Bubba182]

The administration has given up on the idea of selling the WMD point. This is a mistake but I do not see them changing approach, because they would have to invade Syria to prove it.

We did not translate the documents fast enough to get to this while we might have done something to Syria. In the early stages of the war there was more interest and belief that WMDs were in Iraq.

[lumber1]

The "secret reason" given Santorum was that to let the public know just how much there was (and possibly where) would guarantee the press would let the terrorists/insurgents know the exact details, endangering our troops and civilians in the theater.

[Dog Gone]

But, what do we do with the fact that Syria has these weapons? The administration is certainly not engaged in an effort to make the case for invading Syria to recover them.

But Syria having them is no better than Saddam having them, and maybe worse.

The remarkable thing is that none of them appear to have been furnished to Hezbollah. You have to wonder why not.

There must be some conversations going on between the US and Syria that we're completely unaware of.

[defenderSD]

At this point I believe Bush & Cheney did not push out information on the transfer of WMD to Syria because they did not have indisputable proof and they knew the MSM would work feverishly to discredit the Syrian transfer story and relentlessly question the administration's honesty. So I think Bush, Cheney, and Rove probably decided that putting out this Syrian transfer as their official position ultimately would not change anyone's views about WMD but would only make more voters question Bush's honesty. Therefore they went with the explanation that the pre-war intelligence was faulty, even though I believe the pre-war intelligence was largely correct and there may be a huge story being kept under wraps about an Iraqi nuclear weapons program operating in Libya. If Saddam was running a nuke weapons program in Libya, this story is probably under wraps to protect intelligence sources and methods.

In any event, the MSM's coverage of the WMD issue has been pathetic and stupid and the MSM fails to understand that whether or not Iraq had WMD on the shelf, as opposed to the capability to manufacture it within 3-12 months, only affects the timing of when they could attack the West with WMD. Too bad Bill Buckley is retired from TV now and wasn't able to add some rationality into the WMD debate.

[maine-iac7]

you say: "The administration has given up on the idea of selling the WMD point"

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Or we'll have an "October Surprise?"
Most of us had pretty much given up on any serious investigation on the NYSlimes treasonous leaking of security data as weeks went by with nary a blip on the radar.
But now,
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1674125/posts

"WASHINGTON, July 28 — A federal grand jury has begun investigating the leak of classified information about intelligence programs to the press and has subpoenaed a former National Security Agency employee who claims to have witnessed illegal activity while working at the agency. ....

So maybe some more cards are being held close to the vest?