Look, lets get real for a second.
1. We know he had the stuff because we kept the receipts. The US sold Iraq a good portion of the material in question during the 80's.
2. It was Iraqs responsibility under the terms of the '91 ceasefire to account for all of said material.
3. Iraq could not or would not do that. If it was destroyed, it was their responsibility to show proof of that destruction. If it was sold to another power, it was their responsibility to account for that. Such is the price of remaining in power once you have lost a war.
4. Iraq failed to account for the material we know they had (see #1). Therefor they were in breach of the '91 ceasefire, nevermind the multiple UN resolutions that followed.
This being said, I personally think the entire WMD thing was a red herring. The real purpose behind this war was far more important than WMD, oil or freedom (but that is the substance for another thread).
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