This was one of the WORST kept “secrets” of all times. I have seen pictures of the missiles, reports of the yellow cake, binary weapons, and so many other reports in minor venues. There were NOT given air by the MSM, but the info was pretty clear. Even the oft quoted by the left Downing Street Memo clear stated at the end that our troops had to be prepared if Sadam used WMD chemical weapons at the invasion. You just actually had to read the WHOLE memo.
It is very clear now that some secrets the left treasure won’t hold to real scrutiny. Just note the trouble with Man-made Global Warming. The signs of the propagandists are bizarre language usage, and changing of meaning.
But most of this info has been available for years.
DK
The trail to Samarra: how Iraq got the materials to make chemical weapons
This December 13, 1988 article does not specifically address the Reagan issue but it is still germane vis-a-vis Saddam's chemical weapons from agriculture chemicals.
"Phillips shipped 500 metric tons of TDG to Iraq in 1983. But the company refused a second, equally massive order a year later - after reports of Iraq's use of mustard gas began to surface in the West. Phillips officials repeatedly stress that they had no idea the chemical would be used for warfare, and still have no proof that it was. 'We were just making chemicals for agriculture; it was a normal business,' says Jos Dessers, a spokesman for Phillips in Tessenderlo."
MSM employees will be screaming "Reagan permitted Saddam to build WMD!"
In fact they have all along. Rumsfeld personally delivered the goods some lefty nut cases claim.
My point: Just be prepared for the screaming.
The media and politicians thought it was way more fun to continuously cover the antics of Code Pink and the like, instead of widely disseminating facts.
It's almost time for the media to explain away why that large Russian convoy that traveled to Syria didn't really happen again.
Assad took it in, but didn't use any of it, to date.
(That whole Chlorine gas attack meme consists of items openly available at all pool supply stores)
Now ISIS is reported to have it.
Did they capture the convoy of Iraq WMDs under Assad's control, or from the Russian's control in Syria?