Friday, July 02, 2004
More WMD found in Iraq
17 rockets and 2 mortar shells filled with chemical weapons were found in Iraq in June.
Reuters finally admits the truth that "small quantities of banned weaponry" have been found. Of course, "small quantities" are sufficient for catastrophic attacks:
"If these shells had been used, in a mortar attack on Camp Babylon for example, the results would have been unthinkable," the Polish commander in Iraq, General Mieczyslaw Bieniek, told TVN24 television.
So does this mean that George Bush didn't lie after all? Of course not, you see he told us that we would find vast warehouses filled with WMD, stamped with shipping labels to Osama Bin Laden. Didn't he?
Regardless, it is just common sense that the real danger from Saddam was that once sanctions and inspectors were finally removed, as the French were pressing for in 2002, he would resume his WMD programs. There is overwhelming evidence of that intention, including his nuclear weapons programs.
Make no mistake, Saddam despised America and would have loved to have hit us hard. These newly minted weapons might have been used for attacks against America, with his own secret agents or through various terrorist groups.
So in my opinion, the discovery of existing WMD is neither here nor there. If we were attacked some day, are we going to care that the WMD were manufactured pre-2003 or after 2003?
But remember who the liar is when someone tells you no WMD have been found in Iraq. Hint: It's not George Bush.
