Were these recently built weapons, or were they old weapons found almost randomly/accidentally in back corners of warehouses and bunkers?
Based on past stories of old/lost weapons being found, I’m inclined to believe that the Bush Admin spoke what they believed to be the truth, under the caveat that they were speaking of known/documented, combat-ready chemical weapons, which weren’t found.
As an example of how I’m thinking about this, consider that there’s a fairly sizable “stockpile” of chemical weapons inside DC itself. They’re buried behind American University, where they were dumped at the end of WWI. The Army’s spent 20 years trying to locate all of them and dig them out. But does the fact that a bunch are certainly still there mean that the US is in violation of it’s promise/assurances that out stockpiles have been destroyed?
My sense is that you defend yourself against political attacks. You especially defend yourself against political attacks when they are threatening to put in power a socialist nutcase with zero experience, a liberal agenda, and a list of accomplices that would make Joseph Stalin feel at home.
You especially defend yourself when a transformation of the Supreme Court is just one appointment away.
We could have new pro-life, pro-gun, pro-natural marriage rulings by now. Instead we have a gay army, the criminalization of traditional morality, and a nation without ammunition.
President Bush’s silence, whatever the reason, and especially NOW knowing that he KNEW there were WMDs, is an indication of SOMETHING political.