Uh, buff, one of the things I dislike about you is that you don't live in the real world. That is what happened.
A SPETZNAZ brigade with chemical troops came in. We saw it. The Israelis saw it. We couldn't do a thing about it. This has been known in official Washington for the past several years. Bush doesn't talk about it because he doesn't want to admit that he got cornholed by Putin.
The Russians snookered us before the war to sanitize their involvement in Saddam's chemical and biowar program. Saddam bought some of their stuff on the black market and the KGB came in and cleaned up. That's what they do. We looked the other way because the Russians took the really lethal stuff back to Russia and put it under Adult Supervision. The Clown Car stuff is buried in Syria.
Unfortunately, the Looneytarians, Neoisolationist Charles Lindbergh types (that would be you, buff), Piltdown Man Brigadiers who thumb through worn-out back-issues of The Spotlight and Daily Kos Democrats believe that Saddam was some sort of misunderstood choirboy who had no WMD. The evidence is, thankfully, coming out to vindicate the President.
Unfortunately, we have a President who doesn't like to rock the diplomatic boat. We also have a White House staff who likes to see their President treated like a pinata by his opponents who peddle the same b.s. that you do.
Grow up. It's a dangerous world filled with genocidal monsters. Try living in it. Or you can keep buying gold and pretending that that will keep the jihadi away.
Be Seeing You,
Chris