06-13-2003, 01:03 PM
Well, I am pretty sure that Iraq had a WMD program. It is confirmed that when UNSCOM left, Iraq had remaining illegal weapons. It is nonsense to believe that these were destroyed in the absence of the inspectors. If you plan to destroy the weapons anyway, you don´t risk war by kicking the inspectors out of the country.
I do not think however that the US ever had any proof for these weapons. Let´s face it: It is not very difficult to effectively hide certain C/B weapons in a country like Iraq, and Saddam had several months of time for it. That the coalition countries have no proof for it does not mean that the weapons were not there.
I see it the other way: The fact that Iraq could not bring up proof for the destruction of the weapons means that they certainly still had a part of them. Maybe they will never be found. Maybe they were destroyed shorty before or during the war. In any case, Bush and especially Blair now obviously have a legitimation problem.
Moldran
I do not think however that the US ever had any proof for these weapons. Let´s face it: It is not very difficult to effectively hide certain C/B weapons in a country like Iraq, and Saddam had several months of time for it. That the coalition countries have no proof for it does not mean that the weapons were not there.
I see it the other way: The fact that Iraq could not bring up proof for the destruction of the weapons means that they certainly still had a part of them. Maybe they will never be found. Maybe they were destroyed shorty before or during the war. In any case, Bush and especially Blair now obviously have a legitimation problem.
Moldran