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5.17.2004
O(myholymotherof)G WMDs! The New York Times > International > Middle East > Sarin Shell Is Found by U.S. Forces in Iraq Interesting. General Kimmitt said American officials believe the weapon came from the stockpiles of the Hussein regime. Mr. Hussein had declared all such rounds destroyed before the 1991 Gulf War. This little incident will be seen, no doubt to prove that Saddam had WMD and that he was just clever at hiding them. That may be true. But let's not forget a little factoid. Mr. Powell, testifying before the U.N. basically said "Here are the weapons!" with his charts and photos. The WMD claim was sold on actual evidence of the existence of weapons that could threaten the U.S. and its people. Fact: Saddam did have chemical weapons, and he used them in the eighties. We have little way of knowing if this shell represents a large stockpile that will come to light soon, or whether this shell is one of a few that never got destroyed or accounted for. Fact: Not all WMD's are equal. I would be surprised if anyone would put a chemical weapon like Sarin on the same scale as some of the more dastardly Biological weapons, or even Nuclear weapons. However, should a large cache of chemical weapons be found, the Bush administration will be vindicated in their claims of WMD. Now whether you accept that the presence of X amount of chemical weapons was enough to justify the invasion depends on your own level of tolerance. We do not have a zero tolerance policy of WMD's in the hands of our "enemies"; witness North Korea. The purpose, at least one of them, of invading Iraq was to keep Saddam's weapons out of the hands of people like Al Qaeda. So can it really be seen as a success if those weapons do make an appearance... in the hands of terrorists? Did the invasion of Iraq and the overthrow of Saddam just turn the search for WMD's into a giant easter egg hunt that we thought we would win? If so, I'll let others sell that as a great plan. If that's the case, I think we might be better served if there are no WMD's in Iraq. It might make the Bush Administration look bad but at least we know that those weapons will not end up in the wrong hands. |
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