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Originally Posted by daswig
well, how many WMDs did Saddam have to possess to be considered to have WMDS? They have found 53 WMDs in Iraq so far, according to the Duelfer report, and a program ready to produce more within weeks to months once given the order to.
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Even Bush and Cheney admit that we've found no WMDs so far, so your trumpeting of the 53 "residual rounds" proves nothing. Here's a verbatim posting from the Deulfer report that mentions your "smoking gun:"
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key findings pdf, page 13)
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While a small number of old, abandoned chemical munitions have been discovered, ISG judges that that Iraq unilaterally destroyed it's undeclared chemical weapons stockpile in 1991.
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Sadam may have desired more chemical weapons, but there was no official program in place to revive the manufacturing of the weapons:
(key findings, page 1)
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The former regime had no formal written strategy of plan for the revival of wmds after sanctions. Neither was there an identifiable group of WMD policy makers or planners seperate from Saddam. Instead his lieutenants understood WMD revival was his goal from their long association with Saddam and his infrequent, but firm, verbal comments and directions to them.
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It's worth noting that the Duelfer report is viewed as a condemnation of Bush's Iraq/WMD claims. It's strange to see it used as a supporting argument.
Sorry for the threadjack folks, but I thought that this was an important point to make.