[Ramius]

And... never mind that the U.S. military removed over 500 tons of yellowcake from Iraq after the fall of Baghdad. That Saddam bought from Nigeria. That he bought for his nuclear weapons program.

[listenhillary]

I don't think it was 500 tons or even close. (Just trying to stop mis-information from spreading)

I'm a friendly so don't shoot!

[dforest]

I didn't hear this. You would think the Bush Admin. would have gotten this out. Well... even if they did, we would never have heard much about it.

[ChessExpert]

never mind that the U.S. military removed over 500 tons of yellowcake from Iraq after the fall of Baghdad.

My recollection (always a little suspect) is that Saddam was allowed a set amount of uranium. He was not allowed additional purchases. I think it was about 500 tons. Why? I can’t say.

It is a little like the rounds of artillery shells with chemical warheads (Mustard gas, and Sarin? or VX?). We’ve found many rounds in the last four years. I can no longer remember the numbers.These are generally dismissed as being older rounds reflecting pre-sanction production.

All of this is pretty technical in that people can argue so much was O.K. but not more. Sorry if I've murked things up.

The bottom lines for me are:
Saddam used chemical weapons against the Kurds and Shias in his own country and against Iran. He had WMDs - he used them.
He had enough uranium for dirty bombs (unless it needed refinement?).
He had chemical artillery rounds when we arrived - each one capable of doing great harm.
He supported terrorism. I might provide examples, but I want to watch Lost.