If people want to bash Bush and company over the issue of WMDs, please do so if this makes you feel better, however please do it for the right reasons, not because of some political poppycock.
When I hear people chiming in with things like there never were any WMDs or that Saddam was never really a threat to the US or his neighbors, I truly don’t know weather to laugh or cry. Part of me wants to laugh because of the overwhelming evidence of the growing threat that this regime posed to the world and his own people is so abundantly clear to even the blind so as to be joke to say otherwise. The part of me that wants to cry sees how blinded people become when they get emotionally involved defeating political opponents a nd onsequently lose all perspective .
Put another way: Why do I know that the preponderance of the known evidence is that Saddam had WMDs and more importantly had several ongoing weapons programs before the start of the war?
Why is it that I can click my browser and find all sorts of creditable sources of information attesting to this fact? More importantly, why is it that some can’t or will not do the same?
Jason seems to have nailed a point that most have missed:
Finding the WMD just means that we can breath easier. There is less chance they are in the hands of terrorists. There is no reason the believe that they do not exist. If Rummie allowed them to slip out of the country that will be what I will be enraged over. It's going to take years before I am easy about this. I'm not going to accept that they don't exist just because the BBC and the other left news media says so.
The question is not DID SADDAM HAVE WMDs, the question is WHAT BECAME OF THEM AND IN WHO’S HANDS ARE THEY NOW?
If Bush and company have let political concerns get in the way of making an early military decision to take these weapons out of Saddam’s hands and because of that delay said weapons are now in the hands of terrorists or other unfriendly type people, then IMHO Bush should be impeached at the very least. I really hope this is not a reality as that would truly be a nightmare for everyone. The possibility does exist however because as you will recall, Bush and company were making nice nice with UN and member nations trying to get everyone onboard. This gave Saddam ample time to dispose of his arsenal one way or the another. If he truly destroyed it as at least one of his scientists has said then that would be fine, but if he gave it to others, God help us all!
Freeman
