Who thought Iraq had WMD? Most everybody

Townhall ^ | May 25, 2006 | Larry Elder

[girlangler]

Oh I believe you Allegra. No doubt there's still much in Iraq. And I have read several articles proving enough was found in Iraq to justify the U.S. invasion.

I also believe the Anthrax used in this country during the 9/11 attacks came from Iraq.

Why, oh why, will the Republican leadership not get this info out to the public?

[Liberty Valance]

Absolutely.

[Liberty Valance]

LOL!

[Grig]

Even Saddam thought he had WMD's.

That just shows how good a liar Bush is.

[dayglored]

> Any questions?

One question.

Assume all the statements about Saddam having WMDs at the time of the invasion are true. I believed he had them along with everybody else. Granted, he may have moved some out to Syria, and he may have buried some. But surely, he kept a bunch handy. Why? He saw war coming.

Weapons are to wage war. Offensive and/or defensive war. There's no other purpose for WMDs.

So how come, pushed to the wall, faced with overwhelming probability of his removal from power, if not his death and that of his family, did he not use them against our troops? That's question that troubles me to this day. I can't answer it, and the attempts I've heard so far (we invaded too quickly, he only used a few and we didn't notice, he moved them all out so that he could return to power later, etc.) don't stand out as good enough; the only reason he had them was to use them to stay in power and make trouble.

To me, all other arguments about whether the WMDs existed, how many, where, etc. are subordinate to this: How come Saddam didn't use his WMDs against the invasion, in an all-out effort to save his regime?

[DocRock]

BTTT

[Bommer]

Yep! Just a figment of your imagination!

[Yaelle]

Saddam's Christian general, what was his name? Sadr? He said that he saw the hollowed out passenger planes used to transport the weapons to Syria.

Saddam had WMD and was working on getting his nuke program running again. It's the truth. There is more evidence that he had them (attacks, witnesses) than that he didn't.

[mtntop3]

An airliner brimming with aviation fuel is a WMD in every sense - as we know all too well after the fact.

Our imaginations oftentimes have a tendency to lag and underestimate those of creative mass murderers.

[DocRock]

From the article you linked in post #37...

"The ISG also found a previously undeclared program to build a "high-speed rail gun," a device apparently designed for testing nuclear-weapons materials. That came in addition to 500 tons of natural uranium stockpiled at Iraq's main declared nuclear site south of Baghdad, which International Atomic Energy Agency spokesman Mark Gwozdecky acknowledged to Insight had been intended for "a clandestine nuclear-weapons program.""

The IAEA also refused to let the U.S. remove this 500 ton stockpile of Uranium last May. LINK

From my link...

"Some 1.8 tons is classified as low-enriched uranium, a more potent form but still not sufficient for a weapon.

Thomas B. Cochran, director of the nuclear program at the Natural Resources Defense Council, said the low-enriched version could be useful to a nation with nuclear ambitions.

"A country like Iran," Cochran said, "could convert that into weapons-grade material with a lot fewer centrifuges than would be required with natural uranium."

[DocRock]

"One question."

Saddam had WMD's to use on Iran (which is documented) and his unarmed Kurds, (which is also documented). It was understood that if he used any unconventional weapons on U.S. forces, we would nuke him. Good question and I hope I've helped answer it for you.

[PISANO]

Only in a post-Clinton world where Bullsh.t rules could the MSM convince 51% of the nation that BUSH LIED.

WMD did EXIST and he [Saddam] did NOT provide the PROOF MANDATED that they were destroyed......... hence they existed.

Rational thinking and reponsible persons could not believe otherwise.

[MistrX]

I think most of them ended up in Iran and Syria.

[april15Bendovr]

http://cia.gov/cia/reports/iraq_wmd_2004/chap3.html

http://cia.gov/cia/reports/iraq_wmd_2004/chap4.html

[Allegra]

I think most of them ended up in Iran and Syria.

Some of them are still in Iraq.

[april15Bendovr]

"BUTCHER of BASRA" Admits to Iraq's Weapons Program in EXCLUSIVE VIDEO INTERVIEW

http://www.homelandsecurityus.com/site/modules/news/article.php?storyid=286