The Hunt for WMD
So the other day I posted about finding WMD in my hometown. But how much harder is it to find them in a place that you don’t speak the language, and are viewed with suspicion. This story follows the travails of some reporters trying to figure out the story behind a video tape speaking of a canister filled with nerve gas. I’ll be amazed if the inspectors are ever able to find anything at all.
I actually think that focusing on the WMD at this point does a disservice to the Iraqi people. How many mass grave have been found now that families are allowed to search for their disappeared loved ones? And how much more effort will it take before they are truly free and not having more people disappear to common banditry? The fact of the matter is the country is not going to produce any more WMD, and now there are bigger fish to fry.
I suppose from a domestic standpoint it is still important. “Well if they never had any WMD then Bush lied to us!” Guess what folks. Bush lies all the time! So did Clinton! All politicians do, or they won’t get elected. And the way the economy is going, and the more contracts that Haliburton gets, the less likely it is that Bush will get reelected anyway. So I guess I am back to my initial idea: the hunt for WMD is overrated.
BTW, Punchline to the article: It appears that in this case, the Iraqi secret service found some precursor chemicals loose, retrieved them, and properly disposed of them, by turning them over to a factory where they could be used up for industrial purposes.