Weapons of Mass Destruction

[Animal]

To this point I am under the impression that no WoMD have been located.

My question, for those of you who believe that Saddam possesses WoMD, in light of the impending defeat of Saddam's regime, why would he not use chemical, or biological weapons if he did have them?

I think we can all agree that Saddam is an evil person, but he is hardly unintelligent, and is probably quite aware of the situation he is. The old saying, "desperate men do desperate things" certainly applies here.

[Malthaussen]

Certainly you're not speculating that the reasons presented for "Operation Iraqi Freedom" bear no resemblance to the actual reasons for the coalition onslaught. Certainly not....

TBH, I was surprised S. didn't use such weapons during the first Gulf war. Throwing a few SSMs at Israel seems like a pretty feeble response for an alleged madman in possession of weapons only good, God-fearing Euro-Americans should have. And that only good, God-fearing Euro-Americans have ever been verified to have used (rumors of chemical warfare against Kurds notwithstanding).

-- Mal

[Reeka]

I don't think the rumors are just rumors. I thought it had been substantiated by Kurdish testimony that he used chemical weapons against the Kurds. I saw Kurdish woman on TV who had clawed at her face as a result of being exposed to a chemical weapon so much that she was completely disfigured.

Surely, you aren't suggesting that using chemical weapons against the Kurds doesn't count?

[john]

Watching cnn coverage the last two days I've been hearing talk about WMD being trucked to Syria and other reports about Baath party members fleeing there as well..Want to bet that Bush plans on going into Syria next,looking for the elusive WMD.

[Animal]

Originally posted by john: Watching cnn coverage the last two days I've been hearing talk about WMD being trucked to Syria and other reports about Baath party members fleeing there as well..Want to bet that Bush plans on going into Syria next,looking for the elusive WMD.

Lets hope Bush comes to his senses before he decides that the easiest way to control terrorism is to control the world.

Personally, I don't believe that Saddam possesed WoMD and the fact that Powell was less than truthful with the UN about the supposed WoMD just adds further questions about the integrity of Bush's administration.

Lets hope Bush comes to his senses before he decides that the easiest way to control terrorism is to control the world.

God Help Us All There.

There remains the possibility that WoMD may be uncovered...this thing is far from over. The possibility that they have been trucked into Syria is very real. I am giving them until the end of the unraveling of Iraq before I am guessing that there are/aren't any WoMD at all, but if Saddam wants the Arab world to believe that he is the great man he makes himself out to be, surely he would have had any that remained removed rather than leave them to be discovered...that is, provided he had them after being ordered to destroy them.

Its all still to "if-fy" imo.

[Donut]

Hilarious question from a BBC journalist at yesterday's briefing: "Will this be the first war to be won before the reasons for the war were discovered?"

[Ar-Cunin]

It may be too late for Sh to use WoMD. The Coalition troops are so close to the Iraqis that chemical (and certainly biological) will be likely to hit the Iraqis themselves should they be deployed.

[Stratos]

We shouldn´t forget that this is not over yet.

I saw on the news some days ago a map on Baghdad and it´s surroundings with a red circle around it. It showed the reach of any possible WoMD in Baghdad and that was around the time the Coalition just reached Baghdads outskirts so it´s far from over.

Saddam have had some WoMD and have used them on the Kurds in northern Iraq, and even though the UN inspectors have been in Iraq, S. probably have some left stacked away somewhere. But then again so does many other countries.

Originally posted by Donut: Hilarious question from a BBC journalist at yesterday's briefing: "Will this be the first war to be won before the reasons for the war were discovered?"

Probably.

Centcomm is saying (and I am inclined to agree) that getting Saddam Hussein out of his position of power in Iraq has priority over any searches for WoMD if none are uncovered prior to his removal.