[Robert A Cook PE]

So, during the years that we “were in control of” Iraq, why were these depots full of nerve gas and toxins not disposed of?

[Viennacon]

I’d assume there wasn’t a lot of incentive to do so, at least not right away. Getting rid of this stuff (especially if it has degraded and leaked) is a dangerous and expensive undertaking. With the new government in place, and Bush probably not expecting Obama to pull out all the troops, there was no urgency to pay attention to a decommissioned chemical plant from the 90s, much less spend American money to clean it up.

[SunkenCiv]

Sounds like some of the usual pro-Assad/pro-Iran/pro-PootyPoot agitprop we’ve been deluged with since the first big chemical weapons attack made by the Assad regime in its ongoing mass-murder of Syrian citizens.

[silverleaf]

good question for cheney and powell