In message . net,
Steven P. McNicoll writes
"George Z. Bush" wrote in message
...

Of course it's a chemical weapon. But one artillery shell does not
constitute
a threat that warrants embarking on an active war over. Not only that,
but
we didn't even know for a fact that they had that one weapon when we
started the war....we apparently started it on some Mickey-Mouse
intelligence information that it took us a year to find out wasn't
accurate.


Prior to the invasion of Iraq the one point on which there was near
universal agreement was that Iraq had significant WMD.

I guess "near universal" can exclude a lot of people, then.

The only group
claimimg they did not was the Iraqi government,

And a few other folks with knowledge of the subject.

which is what they'd be
expected to say whether they had them or not.

When an Iraqi government source told you it was sunny, bring an
umbrella.

But even liars are right sometimes, even by mistake (institutionalised
falsehood has some interesting effects)
--
He thinks too much: such men are dangerous.
Julius Caesar I:2

Paul J. Adam MainBoxatjrwlynch[dot]demon{dot}co(.)uk