Nevertheless, the premises of the war were WMD. Those premises have turned out to be horribly mistaken.
I wish people wouldn't use words like "horribly" because they don't add much to the discussion, especially when the substance of the statement is questioned, as I will do below. But, hey, who am I to criticize style.
Putting forth WMD which have not yet been found as the sole premise for the war is much too simplistic.
Sure, none have yet been found, but there are indications which deserve scrutiny suggesting that some ended up in Syria.
Secondly, even if none are found, we knew Saddam used them and had the ability to get them in the future. If he did obtain WMD in the future, particularly of the nuclear variety, the entire Mideast strategic landscape would have been changed in a way that would have threatened our national interests in a very substantial way. This is a point people forget, perhaps conveniently, when they shout "But where are the WMD? Bush lied!" |
