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No weapons since 91'? They found anthrax chilling in the desert in 98', thats why it's still held that the weapons might be there.
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this may be true, but the report found that his weapons programs (including his quest for nuclear technology) essentially ended in 1991.
and perhaps something is buried in the desert, but the longer we look it becomes increasingly less likely.
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People seem to forget the fact that Saddam played up the belief that he had them to enhance his standing in the Arab world. Acting on the side of caution is a hell of a lot better than saying "oops" later on when a wmd ends up at the base of the Empire state building or in the catacombs of a sports stadium on game day.
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well, it was good to see that our leaders had based this WMD argument on
something. i always thought it was a poor argument, but (to the administration's credit) Saddam apparently wanted to create the myth of force. however, we ignored many intelligence reports before the war that said Saddam was weak. but since we wanted to oust Saddam (not a terrible idea), we made a long-term commitment based on conflicting evidence and weak international support.
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We have now successfully concentrated much of the terrorist community into the Iraq stuggle which, in my book, is a good thing.
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i hear this a lot. the idea seemed to materialize only after the war, and i'm not sure all the chaos was our intent. terrorists are in many countries, but most of the fighting is in iraq partially because we did not create an environment of order from the outset.