Who Knew What, When?
Well, based on these two news stories, Bush knew plenty and just in time!
Okay, so I’m sure it’s not a big suprise that I’m fairly conservative, basically Republican and a supporter of George Bush (both of them). Since the end of the Gulf War II, Bush has taken a lot of flack for not coming up with weapons of mass destruction. Well, guess what boys and girls? The weapons of mass destruction were always there and never left!
Thanks to this article on Slate, I was alerted to this state of events. Apparently, near the end of June, the Washington Post ran an article about how the lack of actual, viable chemical weapons is not significant. Iraq had the trained scientists, the production facilities and the delivery weapons required to make good on their threat of mass destruction. Chemical and biological weapons are viable for only a short period of time, roughly two weeks, then they might as well be poured out and a fresh batch whipped up. So, let’s think back, how long did the Gulf War II take? Longer than two weeks? Well, then, is it a real suprise that there were no viable biological or chemical weapons left? Not really. Were they there? Well, according to the two journalists who wrote the aforementioned articles, the sources they interviewed said “yes”, they were. What’s more, Saddam and his sons are well known for being brutal torturers and amoral killers. They butchered their own people and would have tried to take over the entire Middle Eastern oil-producing region, if not stopped. But, stop them we did. We stopped them from killing more Kurds with chemical weapons. We stopped them from burning oil wells. We stopped them from imprisoning and torturing children.
So, now, what’s the problem?
