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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Steve Dietrich who wrote (480072)5/12/2009 2:47:59 PM
From: i-node  Read Replies (1) of 1573984
 
By forcing the inspectors back into Iraq, we were dealing with the serious threat of Iraq. The invasion was unnecessary and unwise.

While I agree that some on the far left thought it was unnecessary and unwise, most of both houses of Congress obviously didn't feel that way and most of the American people didn't feel that way. As to how you feel now, that is totally immaterial.

Most of the "unaccounted" for agents have a shelf life that would have rendered them useless as WMD.

Mustard gas can be stockpiled for decades. In addtion to 230 tons of missing mustard gas, there are some 550 artillery shells filled with mustard gas that Saddam claimed were "Misplaced".

While Sarin generally has a short shelf life, much of Iraq's stockpile was in binary form which does not have this problem.

The evidence is that Saddam had completed development of a binary VX with a very long shelf life.

These details are largely immaterial, of course, since whatever action Saddam took to destroy such weapons was a temporary measure that could be rekindled on demand.

The fact is that Saddam had shown no hesitation to use these weapons and removing him was simply carrying out the stated policy of the United States that Clinton had so long ignored.
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