“Because the only ones who would have been impressed with that are/were GOP Busshies.”
Seems like there was more effort in keeping the full amount of those caches secret than just telling everyone what was found. So if it isn’t going to help you politically, why keep the amount a secret? Why bother?
Freegards
I suspect part of the reason is what the source of these WMDs were, at least, most of the precursors: The west including the US. I also think it is somewhat amusing that although Iraq was for a long time in the Soviet orbit, none of the WMDs were traced, from what I see, back to the USSR. I could be wrong on that but it seems correct from what was posted.
It wasn’t a secret, we heard about it, but since it was old and degraded , it was termed, insignificant. What they were looking for was the newer stuff that had already been moved out of the country.
I cant explain Bush. It could be that he really believed that Saddam was making progress on Nukes and that was why the invasion was important to him, not the gas. I dont think Bush was intending to lie, he doesnt seem like the type. Obama does.
I mean I wouldn't support invading, occupying and rebuilding Syria over WWI ear poison gas technology. That would be another long nightmare. And few would have back then either.