Besides all of Iraq’s documented use of WMD, I will never forget the image of a dozen or more fighter jets buried in the desert sand. Besides what we already know Hussein used, who knows what else is buried in Iraq? In a few hundred or thousand years, something will begin leaking and killing.
Yeah...huge difference from “not found” to “we KNOW there are none”. We know he had them, we know he hadn’t destroyed them all, he kicked out the U.N. inspectors. The only default position you can have is that he still had some...and they could be buried anywhere.
Maybe I’m one of the few but I believe Saddam and sons were pure evil that made an entire country a prison of fear & torture, where exporting terrorism was core business. For me, 9/11 changed what was tolerable - disposing of the worlds worst evil isn’t something I regret. ...trying to engage in nation building, especially in an Islamic state, is a fools errand however.