[FederalistPhred]

Why have so many people failed to point out that Iraq was known to have WMD's, namely the chemical weapons which they used against the Iranians and Kurds?

During the runup to the two Gulf Wars everyone, whether they were "for" or "against" war with Iraq, took for granted that Iraq had chemical weapons, and perhaps worse. Some opponents of Gulf War I gave this as a reason to oppose invasion. I wonder how many of these people are now crowing that Bush "lied" about WMD's.

[FederalistPhred]

By the way, COUNTERCOLUMN: All Your Bias Are Belong To Us has posted a great rebuttal to the "no terrorists before invasion" line. You'll have to scroll about halfway down the page.

www.iraqnow.blogspot.com

[okie01]

Some opponents of Gulf War I gave this as a reason to oppose invasion. I wonder how many of these people are now crowing that Bush "lied" about WMD's.

Joe Wilson, for one. As late as January, 2003, Wilson was making speeches about Saddam's arsenal of WMD and how he would use them to combat an invasion.

Then, he was hired by the Kerry campaign...and changed his mind.