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2006-02-04 Home Front: Politix

House Intel Comittee reopening issue of Iraq's WMDs

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Posted by Dan Darling 2006-02-04 01:01|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "This was one line of attack the president's critics took shortly after the war. Writing on May 21, 2003, in Canada's Globe and Mail, Susan Rice, a former assistant secretary of state under President Clinton who would go on to become a foreign policy adviser to Howard Dean during the 2004 election season, raised the prospect of Saddam's missing weapons in terms similar to Mr. Feith. "The richest treasure trove of dangerous WMD material since the collapse of the Soviet Union is on the loose and perhaps far easier for al-Qaeda and other terrorists to acquire than it was under the control of their ideological adversary, Saddam Hussein," she wrote."

Same old damned if you do, damned if you don't situation with the left. They were the ones clammoring for Bush to go to the UN, a process that took months and gave Saddam the time needed to sprit his WMD stocks to Syria. So, gee, what a surprise that we didn't find much of anything (and of course what we did find was dismissed out of hand).

But I do think that the argument is specious and will be seen that way if this invesitigation, hopefully based on some of the thousands of documents we've uncovered since the invasion, determines that the WMD's existed and were moved.

Busha was right about WMD's, he was delayed by the left and the Euro's (yeah, yeah, same thing) and they are sitting Syria.

Posted by remoteman 2006-02-04 05:40|| 2006-02-04 05:40|| Front Page Top

#2 Debka called this first and I still think they will be proved right.

Posted by phil_b">phil_b 2006-02-04 08:06|| http://autonomousoperation.blogspot.com/]">[http://autonomousoperation.blogspot.com/] 2006-02-04 08:06|| Front Page Top

#3 part of Baby Assad's exile negotiations, perhaps?

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-02-04 14:40|| 2006-02-04 14:40|| Front Page Top

#4 Nice to see that we're finally translating and reading the millions of documents collected from Iraq.

Posted by Danking70 2006-02-04 17:04|| 2006-02-04 17:04|| Front Page Top

#5 IF there were WMD and they were moved to Syria, I'm not entirely optimistic they are still there to be found. We'll see ....

Posted by lotp 2006-02-04 17:18|| 2006-02-04 17:18|| Front Page Top

#6 There are only so many places to hide them now that they are in Syria. Jordan? Not a chance. Turkey? Ditto. Iraq again? Nope, too many 'merkans. Israel? Oh, that would be fun.

Lebanon? Maybe before but I doubt it now.

So Pencilneck has a real problem with hiding the stuff (if he has it, of course). He might try destroying it, but that requires some technology and expertise. Are the Syrians up to that? Maybe. Maybe not.

Posted by Steve White">Steve White 2006-02-04 18:06|| 2006-02-04 18:06|| Front Page Top

#7 What's Khaddam saying? He's been awful quiet as of late from his perch in France.

Surely he's got to know something...

Posted by Danking70 2006-02-04 18:28|| 2006-02-04 18:28|| Front Page Top

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