Bush Lying about Weapons of Mass Destruction In Iraq?

May 31, 2003

Let's not forget that Bush used WMDs as a reason to launch a preemptive war against Iraq.

The argument did not sit well with the United Nations and others. They didn't believe there were any, or at least, they could not find them after looking.

With a couple months into the search for WMDs, the administration is saying that Saddam might have destroyed the weapons before the war started, he might have buried them in areas not yet searched or he might have moved them out of the country.

Could be. We don't know. They don't know.

It doesn't help that Bush is still insisting they will be found while his defense secretary and senior military officials are saying they might have been destroyed before the war started.

Bush's political enemies will make this a campaign issue in the next presidential election. They will say he started a war using a lie and this lead to the deaths of many Americans, and thousands of Iraqi civilians. They will surely compare this lie with the lies of Clinton about his mistress.

Most believe Saddam had WMDs at one time. So, we must focus on finding out what happened to them. Were they destroyed, hidden, relocated, sold to terrorist groups?  Until we do, we will never be safe, anywhere, any place.

Bush has a problem. He relied on the WMDs threat as a pretext to war with Iraq. This will cost him politically at home and abroad. He must be held accountable for the things he said and did in this regard. No blaming advisors or government agencies.  The "buck stops" at his desk. He has some explaining to do.