This is a question that's been percolating in my mind for quite some time now, and I'd like to hear what others think.

I think that W and company knew there were zero WMDs in Iraq from the get go. The reasoning goes as follows. If Iraq has WMDs, then the force being sent up the road four years ago, which is short on a lot of things, one of which we have found out is MOPP gear, the stuff that would protect the guys from chemical or biologic attack. So either they know they don't have the WMD and therefore the invasion is a slam dunk, or they're sure they have WMDs, and the force being sent up the road is on their way to a slaughter not seen since WWI.

Which is it? Did they think Iraq didn't have them and therefore the attack would work, or did they think Iraq had them and willingly sent 100,000+ soldiers off to get killed?