Are Iraq's WMDs Only in
Bush's Head?
April 23, 2003
At the end of Gulf War I, Iraq had biological and chemical substances in
weapons or ready for weapons. Though much of the material was destroyed
by U.N. inspection teams, a lot was unaccounted for when they left Iraq in the
late 1990s.
Bush said repeatedly in the past six months that Saddam Hussein and his regime
had weapons of mass destruction (WMD). During his State of the Union
address, he
went into detail about what they had such as several mobile labs, 500 tons of
chemical weapons, 25,000 liters of anthrax and 38,000 liters of botulinum
toxin.
Scary.
He used this as justification for the invasion of
Iraq. His argument sounded logical and it still does.
Now that we have control of Iraq, Coalition teams are searching for the
WMDs. Some say as many as 3,000 locations need checking. That's a big
job.
So far, no WMDs have been discovered. None. This is curious and disturbing
even at this early time in the search.
Either Iraq had them or not. It raises questions.
Was Bush lying? Was he mislead by military and
intelligence agencies? Were the weapons destroyed before the war started or
were they sent to Syria?
Who knows?
More time is definitely needed for Coalition teams to inspect potential WMD
sites and to question those with first-hand knowledge about them.
But after six months or so, and none are found, then Bush has some
explaining to do. He needs to explain what happened in a clear and
convincing way. No spin.
If he can't, then we know those WMDs were just in his head. We will know he
was lying. That will bring up even more questions.
Really scary!
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