[PiP PiP Cherrio]

but, but, but--- Rice, Bush and Powell and Co all stated they have evidence. If you have positive evidence, you will know where to go locate what you are looking for. Easier to hide a person than all those thousands of WMD. Additionaly, where is the proof, the pics or whatever form they say they have? Hiding behind the classic line "national security" BS?

[BagCamAddict]

First, we have evidence that Saddam and Sons existed also, yet we haven't found them either.

Second, I don't recall ANYONE saying there were "thousands" of WMD. I specifically recall Clinton saying a defector mentioned 25 scud warheads with WMD. And I specifically recall a report of 2000 gallons of Anthrax. Hiding "25" of anything, let alone 25 small warheads, in a country the size of California is much different than hiding "thousands" of anything. But thousands of something, if it did exist, could also be hidden in an entire country.

Third, 2000 gallons of Anthrax could be contained in ONE 2000-gallon tank buried in the ground somewhere, or on a truck. A 2000-gallon tank is only 6 feet in diameter by 10 feet in length. So the Anthrax WMD, capable of killing tens of thousands of people, could be stored in ONE tank somewhere in Iraq. Gee, why haven't we found it yet?

Fourth, yes, National Security is why the photos and such are not published for general consumption. You prefer that we tell the world what our spy capabilities are? Like the politician who blurted out that we were tracking Bin Ladin via his cell phone calls... causing Bin Ladin to stop using cell phones and making him nearly impossible to track... Is that what you prefer, that we disclose to the world what our spy capabilities are? Who's side are you on?

[optimistically_conservative]

You've definitely let your Serbian cynicism toward the US slant your view on Iraq, and IMHO reality.

So, what you're counting on is that there has been an international 20 year conspiracy to set Hussein up, and WMD never existed in Iraq?

Or is the conspiracy only 10 years old?

Or perhaps the international conspiracy ended in 1998 when US/UK/German/Canadian intelligence agencies, along with Chirac, Chretien, Schroeder, Blair, etc. and the UN when Clinton was demanding action and bombed Iraq over WMD?

The US ground forces went into Iraq on March 20th. The major combat ended by, let's say, the middle of April. Shall we give them a few more months to try to piece together what Hussein and friends did leading up to, and after we crossed the Kuwaiti border, before we claim everyone is a liar?

[ohioWfan]

Have you forgotten that the UN acknowledged that there were WMD.....not just Rice, Bush and Powell?

They exist. Everyone with a brain knows that.