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Originally posted by Phaenx
A booby trap with sarin gas means more than just a spent shell. It means that, obviously, Saddam lied to us about destroying what he had. It also means there was WMD's in Iraq (which admittedly, we already knew).
That said, 300k troops and one year is a bit long. Wonder how long it would have taken the inspectors? They probably wouldn't have come up with anything, even while Saddam actually let them in.
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I find it interesting that most republicans (assumption) presumed the weapons were smuggled to Syria, but would never think that something might get smuggled in. Finding a spent shell, that "might" have contained sarin, is hardly the justification you seek. Considering the lives lost, money spent, reputation soiled, lies told, and mistakes made. There really needs to be an incredible payoff to make this fiasco resemble anything close to a good idea.
Maybe the troops coming from south Korea will have better luck, as we obviously don't need them there. I am so very glad we found the stinky gas Sadam had, it is far worse than the nukes in the hands of that sweet dictator in North Korea.
O.K. sarcastic rant over.
Yes it is an interesting development to have possibly found chemical weaponry in Iraq. It may lend some weight to our presence there. The agent Sarin is deadly, even in very small dosage, and could have killed many. That said, the time for finding WMD's is long over, as we have far bigger problems in Iraq. We are coming very close to losing control of the country(if indeed we ever had it) and entering into a much more costly phase of the occupation. In the coming months, finding WMD's will mean nothing to anyone exept the administration, and the hard core republicans looking for good news and justification.
Many more American soldiers will die, and not to find weapons. In fact , to this day I still don't really know why we are there. Simply because those who decided to go, haven't had the will to tell me the truth. And have changed the lies so many times that even they must be confused by now.