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Originally posted by Kadath
My question would be "when is the search over?" You can't prove he never had WMDs or a WMD program. It's not logically possible to prove something was never there. So armed with that excuse, we can go on looking forever.
That being said, I would like some actual hard and fast evidence of WMDs, not just hints that something might have existed.
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That's a valid question. The only answer I can offer is I don't know.
Here's the thing though. Where do you get the idea it's even remotely possible he never had WMDs? Last I checked, his enemies didn't gas themselves and Chemical Ali didn't get that nickname because he was a great chemistry teacher.
Now, sure, you can say "we haven't seen them and we have no proof that he didn't destroy them." To which I ask when the burden of proof suddenly came to us and away from those who gassed their own people and were the subject of all the UN resolutions in the first place. We don't put the burden of proof on the government to show that convicted criminals AREN'T reformed when they're up for parole, the burden of proof is on the convicted criminals to prove that they ARE reformed.
It's not like we just came out of the blue and said "Look! Canada has vast reaching biochem weapon plans and will eventually attack the US!"
No, we said "Look. We ALL know that Iraq did have vast reaching biochem weapons plans and has used them in the past. We ALL agreed that those plans should be stopped. And we ALL told Iraq to prove to us - 13 years ago - that they did stop and destroyed the fruits of their labors. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to realize that if they had truly destroyed their weapons they would be able to provide swift proof of it - ESPECIALLY considering they knew that's EXACTLY what the internation community wanted and the possible repercussions of not doing so."
Well they called our bluff one too many times, and I for one am thankful that the game of cat and mouse is finally coming to an end.
As for if I think we'll ever find them, I don't know. I hope we do. I know one thing though - they do still exist. Thinking anything to the contrary goes against all logic and common sense. It's just a matter of what's happened to them.