[FreeKeys]

The burden of proof for Saddam's WMDs was on Saddam, not on the U.S.; not on the U.N. or on the coalition. We didn't have to prove he still had WMDs. HE had the burden of proving that he did NOT have them any longer. He failed to do so. He paid the price. PERIOD. Enough already. Game over.

[apoliticalone]

Actually we paid a pretty darn big price too ( a trillion or so dollars and 3500++ combat related deaths and we’re not done paying yet. No one can ever prove a negative, meaning you can’t prove you don’t possess something.

[D-fendr]

HE had the burden of proving that he did NOT have them any longer. He failed to do so.

Excellent point and an important understanding of the events of the time.

IIRC, when he was interrogated, we learned he intentionally acted to make both his own people and other nations to believe he had much more than he did - bad judgement on his part - and that he intended to ramp back up once the coast was clear.

[Ol' Dan Tucker]

We didn't have to prove he still had WMDs. HE had the burden of proving that he did NOT have them any longer.

Exactly how does one prove a negative?