>>“The issue was whether they were still actively producing chemical weapons ...”
That’s called ‘moving the goalpost’ on an issue.<<
So, when Colin Powell went before the UN with his slide show, he was warning the world about a bunch of old leaky warheads?
If I recall, Saddam was reportedly seeking yellowcake. I do realize that a CIA agent took it on himself to personally inspect every square inch of the nation in question with a time machine to ensure that was not happening, but for some reason, I never bought his story that it was not being sought.
[Either that or he thought that people would tell him the truth if he simply asked.]
well, if you listened, he used almost exactly the same figures as the Clinton SecDefense used in January 1998 when he was making the talk-show rounds...speaking of materials we knew they had which were unaccounted for.
old”or new, it was still dangerous stuff that had been kept hidden and not turned over.”There was also information on acquisition of new materials and devices.
oh, and we found plenty of shiny new warheads for deployment of chemical weapons, just in those cases without the accompanying chemicals.