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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: TimF who wrote (150667)11/2/2004 5:31:08 PM
From: Michael Watkins  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
The explosives in question would not normally qualify as weapons of mass destruction.

The explosives in question were important enough to warrant IAEA monitoring. The explosives in question have specific utility in the production of nuclear weapons, advanced or not. They were not secured.

The facility, Al Qa Qaa, was a principle manufacturing site for all sorts of arms-related components, and included what had been their nuclear research facility. It was not secured.

A facility containing old Uranium stores (acquired decades prior, and inventoried) was broken into, materials dumped out by looters looking for interesting things. It was not secured.

A facility containing viruses - the equivalent of Centers for Disease Control - was looted. It was not secured.

And on the list goes.

Get with the picture - the Al Qa Qaa explosives issue was not the only evidence that there was no actual overarching plan to secure materials which could be used as terrorist weapons or weapons of mass destruction.

No, instead there is a very clear picture demonstrating that securing potential WMD sites was not the primary goal of the mission.

Since the war was ostensibly all about WMD - components or finished products, yet no plan was put in place to quickly secure WMD components or finished products, then what was the war for?

I can't wait for the inquiries and indictments. I will bring the popcorn.
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