There is a lot of buzz about the reports of more WMDs being found in Iraq. I don’t know that this story will be as earth-shattering as some hope. Even if a fully-functional nuclear warhead was discovered with Saddam’s fingerprints and DNA on it next to a picture of Saddam riding the warhead like a circus pony, while holding a sign that says, “America, this nuke’s for you”, the liberalistas would still dismiss it as: 1) fake, 2) planted, 3) having been given to him by Ronald Reagan, 4) a CIA hoax combined with an FBI photoshop and a body double from FEMA.

We know Iraq had WMDs because Saddam used them. And while he may not have had a fully functioning nuclear weapons program the moment we walked in, the Deulfer Report declared that Saddam was simply waiting for the crumbling U.N. sanctions to be lifted to rapidly start up (or restart) the program. And with so-called allies like France, Russia and China trying to help end the sanctions, it was only a matter of time. And given the ties, and mutual hatred of western infidels, between al-Qaida and Baghdad, in a post-9/11 world, it would’ve been negligent to continue down the path of U.N. containment and inspections that were obviously ineffective.

That last point is what makes today’s story newsworthy. Those who oppose our actions in Iraq while claiming the U.N. inspections were “working” are either naive, gullible or just plain stupid. To believe they were working would require you to believe Saddam was an honest and trustworthy man who was actively cooperating with the U.N. and inspectors. The post-2003 invasion discovery of hundreds of chemical weapons, degraded or not, from years past or not, prove that the inspections were not working and that Saddam was actively engaged in deception, hiding such weapons from the inspectors. If he was engaged in deception around old, worn out, potentially unusable weapons, do you think he’d be forthright about active nuclear weapons programs?

If you do, you’re an idiot…

1. “If you do, you’re an idiot…”

   Jason, there are a lot of “idiots” out there. Just reread some of your own comment streams… These people conprise the “useful idiot” population spoken of by Vladimir Lenin.

   Comment by Old Soldier — 7:37 am
   

2. I knew you were going to have great words of wisdom today. Thanks for putting it all into perspective in an educational, interesting way. I love reading your posts every morning. You are an eloquent writer. Smart and funny too!

   Comment by newFan — 8:05 am
   

3. Maybe half the population has a defect from the 60’s “do your own thing” syndrome and their thinking is defective. A ten year old could put this together. Ya think?

   Comment by judith — 8:01 pm
   

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