I’m short on post time today, so instead I’m going to link to a couple of articles relating to WMD in the news which may be helpful to those who haven’t been suckered in by the seriously skewed melee surrounding the No-See-Ums.
First, Clifford May reflects on where the WMDs may have gotten to, and notes that it’s no use thinking that they never existed (which some idiotarians STILL believe, amazingly). Read on…
Next, Tony Blair urges people to ‘wait and see’ and not to speculate on what David Kay will report regarding WMD. “I think people may find that some of the speculation and the leaks fall way short of what the report actually says.” I agree, Tony.
Dubya is calling for $600 million more to aid in the search for Iraqi WMD. This is disappointing in many ways, not the least of which is the continuing call for more money when initial estimates are already overextended and still nothing has been found. That’s not to say it’s not valid, but these monetary requests are becoming more egregious.
This report of a foiled plot to smuggle chemical/biological weapons into Kuwait from Iraq is somewhat suspicious smelling. I’m not going to comment on whether its a bogus story or not.
Finally, don’t get too upset that no WMD have been found yet. The Libs were shouting, crying about how no WMD’s had been found by April. Yet how they clamoured for time when Bush was pushing the war to begin with. Um, yeah, Bush gave the UN a year and a half, and Iraq had confirmed WMD programs in place. Let’s put this in perspective and give the Bush administration at least as much as he gave the screaming hordes.
Finally, an ex-UNSCOM inspector opines on the surprising lack of any WMD in Iraq, noting that even Great Britain, which canceled its weapons program in the 1950 still finds remains of those stockpiles. Most telling is this quote:

“It’s a major setback for the governments but they will say, rightly, that they were acting on the best intelligence they had. The reality was that the WMD program was enormous. Much of it was used on Iranians and Kurds. Much was destroyed by Iraqis in the aftermath of the 1991 war and more of it was destroyed by U.N. Special Commission but that with a program of that size it’s inconceivable there isn’t somewhere, something that was left behind.”

Enjoy these links and I hope to post later tonight.