I don't agree with reese...
I just dont think smallpox is all they have in view with this "plan".
We need to consider our "stored goods" in case of something more diabolic is envisioned... without panicking., of course.
My point was that the assertion upon which Reese's entire column was based ("Not even in its wildest accusations has the Bush administration suggested that Iraq or any other member of its 'axis of evil' has access to the smallpox virus") is demonstrably untrue.
I knew it was untrue as soon as I read it, and a single Google search on "Iraq smallpox" (without the quotes) was enough to confirm that, in fact, the US, British, and Israeli governments, as well as the former bioweapons guy from UNSCOM, think that Iraq may have smallpox.
Either Reese is a liar who hopes no one will check up on him, or he's badly out of touch with reality. Either way, using his column as part of your argument is counterproductive.