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Originally posted by 4thTimeLucky
There are two possibilities:
(1) Iraq destroyed its WMD before resolution 1441.
(2) Iraq destroyed its WMD after resolution 1441, when it knew it would be invaded.
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There is a third possibility.....
3) All the chemical and biological weapons that Iraq was given by the USA were used by Saddam in murdering innocent Iraqis.
That's why Powell was so vague when he testified before the UN. He knew EXACTLY how many chemical and biological weapons the US gov't gave the Iraqis pre 1991 when Saddam was an american bitch.
There were no shipments after that.
I am not an expert, but producing biological weapons is not something than you can do by trotting over to the local Shoppers Drug Mart. You need quite the lab facilities, and THIS would not be something that the Iraqis could hide.
Truth is, the Iraqis did not have the capability of manufacturing biological weapons of any magnitude.
One could make the arguement that they have not yet found the chemical and biological weapons, which would be possible. However, they would have found the labs a long time ago and trotted them out on CNN, and said, "see, these are the facilities used to manufacture biological weapons".
The fact that they have not done so would indicate that the Iraqis did not have the capbability to manufacture their own biological weapons, instead relying on the imported ones.
Getting rid of Saddam is a good thing because he was a murdering prick. But while you are at it, half of the world are countries ruled by similar types.
It is interesting to note that Tony Blair never got on the Weapons of Mass Destruction bandwagon because he knew it was bullshit. Instead, he chose to argue the moralily of not doing something to remove the madman of Baghdad. It was only Bush and company who brayed on endlessly about weapons of mass destruction to sell the idea of invading Iraq to Joe Q Public.