Elonka wrote:

] I would also point out that Kay himself said plenty of
] evidence of WMD programs were found in Iraq, *including* an
] active Ricin program that was only interrupted by our invasion
] last March. However, Kay's report continues to be misquoted
] all over the place. People seize on "no evidence of WMD
] stockpiles", and ignore everything else he said, such as the
] fact that he still thought the war was a good idea, and that
] it was still essential to keep looking, and that just because
] we haven't found stockpiles, does not mean that they didn't
] exist. It *was* confirmed by the U.N. that Iraq at one point
] had over 8000 liters of anthrax, and multiple tons of VX, but
] it's still uncertain as to just what exactly happened to those
] stockpiles.

If you remember, Bush gave Suddaam a 3 day ultimatum to surrender the weapons of mass destruction he *knew* had to be in Iraq. The evidence that was based on was described by some to be child-like forgeries. Most of Suddaam's atrocities were committed while we still supported him. The reasons why went to war likely had little to do with WMD or whether or not we thought Suddaam was a nice guy. The biggest issue here is that no matter what our government does, the people largely cannot accept that we might have been the bad guys. The clear reasons for this "war" have yet to be stated publicly, and where these forged documents came from, why, and who made them aren't even seriously being asked. Blatently, the reasons we're in Iraq were not publicised by those who made the decision and we are forced to swallow a bucket of horse-shit. We gained stratigic positioning, but that seems like a pretty selfish reason to take over a country. If the general American idiocy accepts the answers we've been given, "because God told me to,""because its in your best interest,"and"because I said so" become valid explinations in the future.

RE: Blair Defends War Decision