[woodbutcher1963]

I heard about this on FOX NEWS this am. WHY exactly would the Bush administration and the military want to keep this a secret?

I can understand why the dems did, but why would Bush want to keep this a secret? This was one of the main reasons for invading Iraq. I just do not get it.

[Rebel_Ace]

"I heard about this on FOX NEWS this am. WHY exactly would the Bush administration and the military want to keep this a secret?

I can understand why the dems did, but why would Bush want to keep this a secret? This was one of the main reasons for invading Iraq. I just do not get it."

The only thing I can think of is if the components of such munitions could be traced back to the United States. Imagine public reaction to the news that we SOLD them to the Iraq regime years earlier, in some back-door dirty deal.

That's the only reason I can think of as to why BOTH the Dems and Repubs would keep a lid on this.

[EQAndyBuzz]

“After the U.S. invaded Iraq, American soldiers found, and in some cases were wounded by, thousands of chemical-weapons munitions and the U.S. government has been loath to talk about it, the New York Times’ C. J. Chivers reports tonight.”

No, the US government talked about it. The media and the Democrats(sorry for the redundancy) said they didn’t exist. Coin Powell went to the UN and said they existed. The Rats claimed that the only reason we went into Iraq was to get rid of WMD that didn’t exist.

IIRC, we found a bunch of chem weapons in the dessert. The media and the rats kept saying, “no, those don’t count.” it’s now coming back to bite the rats on the ass.

[Lockbox]

I can understand why the dems did, but why would Bush want to keep this a secret?

Providing help or actual chemical weapons to another country is a No-No. It appears that Bush was protection the USA from previous government actions.

[sauropod]

It wasn’t a secret. I distinctly recall a NYT article in 2007 or so that discussed 500 tons of yellowcake in Iraq and what to do with it.

[liberalh8ter]

WHY exactly would the Bush administration and the military want to keep this a secret?

Because we had a hand in helping Sadam obtain the materials/weapons. It's time the American people stop the actions of our rogue government. I don't know how but it's imperative. This is no government 'of the people, for the people'.

[Romulus]

WHY exactly would the Bush administration and the military want to keep this a secret?

Because "expired and degraded chemical" weapons were not the kind of WMDs we were duped into go to war for. "Mushroom Clouds" was the picture they were painting.