I don’t think Iraq’s weapons were moved for the benefit of Syria, although both countries were Baath party controlled and their self-interests were partially linked. I think the reason was to make the US invasion look like a mistake and unnecessary. The media took the ball and ran with it. But I believe I have read where we have military units waiting in Jordan to sweep in and take control of stockpiles in case the Syrian government fell. So all the hand-wringers aren’t Freepers. They are from all over, including in our government.
My main point was, it was never shown to my satisfaction that Iraqi WMD did not exist, but I tend to believe they were moved to Syria. We know that Saddam used chemical weapons on the Kurds and I think we would have seen evidence if he had destroyed them.
“...it was never shown to my satisfaction that Iraqi WMD did not exist...”
We agree and you make the proper point in that context, but in the “WMD in the hand’s of Syrian terrorists” context, I am simply pointing out that Syria has penty of WMDs to go around and never really needed Saddam’s.