Cuz if we found them we would have to point our finger in the direction they came from and we are not quite ready to confront Russia or China at this moment.
Now I do seem to recall us bombing a caravan with Russian advisors that were most likely carrying weapons (or at least wanted members of Saddam's administration) towards the Syrian border.
I can certainly see how that becoming a much bigger controversy would not have been helpful.
Eastforker's analysis is the same way I've been looking at it; and also applying that line of thought to Syria.
"Cuz if we found them we would have to point our finger in the direction they came from and we are not quite ready to confront Russia or China at this moment."
I was thinking the same thing at one time but I am not so sure anymore. Sorry I can't come up with a solid reason either. I speculate Bush just does the right thing but is disconnected to the American public. Just because Americans were happy with his explanation that we are at war and will not reveal all the details doesn't mean he shouldn't bother quantifying the justifications to go to war.
This is the only speculative reason I could think of, that he is not thinking about the future of the party and only focused on the here and now. It's like the immigration thing. He let this fester for several months and not went public about the guest worker/registation program. I think this is a good way to go (flame away) but allowed himself to look like he could care less.
"Cuz if we found them we would have to point our finger in the direction they came from and we are not quite ready to confront Russia or China at this moment."
Fine, let's point at France. We can spare two companies (one for logistics).