You are being willfully blind. I am telling you that waving Iraqi chem suits around yelling that it is proof of Iraqi intent to use chemical weapons is misguided.
AppyPappy, you wrote that Iraqis wearing chemsuits is because, "You wear them because you want to limit your exposure when deploying them and when they come back at you." We won't deploy chemical weapons against the Iraqis, yet our forces are wearing chemsuits. There's a disconnect there.
Step outside your jingoism and look from the Iraqi or third-country civilian's perspective. Iraqis wearing chemsuits is no proof that they have got chemical weapons.
Indeed, much like a criminal defendant pleading the 5th is not proof of guilt. However, in the mind of the jury - and permissible under the law - is the inference that the defendant has something to hide.
In this case, the enemy having and/or wearing chemical suits while unloading drums is not "proof" per se - however, the inference remains and is equally permissible.
OK you are right. The Iraqis DON'T have chemical weapons.
No, you are saying "In theory, this doesn't mean anything". We don't live in theory. We live in reality. The Iraqis have NO reason to believe we will unilaterally use chemical weapons. They HAVE used them and they HAVE threatened to use them on us. We HAVE NEVER used them and we HAVE NEVER threatened to use them.
When our troops see them in their chemical suits, it only means one thing. You can deny that all you want or claim it doesn't prove anything. It obviously DOES prove something to the guys on the ground or nothing would have been said.