Were there WMD's in Iraq?

Question

I can't remember, did Bush or anyone in the government admit there weren't any? I know the Liberal Press claims that there weren't any, but isn't it possible that Saddam moved them before we got there?

Answer 1

Anything is possible, but, no, they did not find any WMD in Iraq. Bush kind of had egg all over his face on that one, didn't he?

Answer 2

Ask all the Democrats that supported the war before it was politically beneficial to oppose it. They all said he had them including Al Gore and Hillary Clinton. And yes, you can look up all the statements by the liberals on the Internet, but most Americans are too stupid to believe this. Iraq would never agree to complete inspections, which is why we went in. Despite popular opinion by the liberals, Iraq was in complete violation of the UN Resolution. The weapons are either still hidden, or they were moved to Syria. Some of the shells that were never reported by the Saddam were found and they had reside of chemical agents It doesn't matter if we find them or not, if we did, the Dems would say we planted them there. Lost cause at this point because the two parties are so polarized.

Answer 3

The liberal press? Do you really see the press in such black and white colors? I worked for an independent intelligence firm from 1987 to 2002. We reported to the NSA, and the CIA. We conducted programs in Syria, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, and Albania. I can tell you with 100% accuracy that there were WMD's in Iraq. However at the time the President made the accusations they had been removed, for almost two years. The President, the Pentagon and all the members of his cabinet knew that they had been removed prior to his statements. They were moved in early 1999 to a Syrian weapons depot, in the Alhambra River Valley, which is a bad name, because I have been there, and there is no river there anymore, just a valley. Great place to store weapons though. So, yes there were WMD's, but yes the President did mislead us also. The common joke here in the intelligence neighborhood is, of course they knew they had WMD's because Washington still has the receipts from when they sold them originally. Yes the majority of the WMD's are US issue. Does this blow your mind?

Answer 4

The "liberal press" reported exactly what they were told by the White House Press Secretary, speaking on behalf of the President of the United States. In case you missed that tape, it was stated that there was "faulty intelligence reports" stating that Iraq had WMD's. But of course, you must have been listening to Bill O'Reilly at that moment in time. . .

Answer 5

Following the disputed invasion neither nuclear weapons nor weapons of mass destruction were found in Iraq, nor could the allegation of links with Al Qaeda be substantiated. President George W. Bush has since admitted that "much of the intelligence turned out to be wrong". Colin Powell later expressed regret about his presentation at the UN Security Council.

Although evidence of WMD was searched for by the Iraq Survey Group, their Final Report of September 2004, stated "While a small number of old, abandoned chemical munitions have been discovered, ISG judges that Iraq unilaterally destroyed its undeclared chemical weapons stockpile in 1991. There are no credible indications that Baghdad resumed production of chemical munitions thereafter, a policy ISG attributes to Baghdad’s desire to see sanctions lifted, or rendered ineffectual, or its fear of force against it should WMD be discovered." In the March 2005 Addendum to the Report, the Special Advisor furthermore went on to state that "ISG assesses that Iraq and Coalition Forces will continue to discover small numbers of degraded chemical weapons, which the former Regime mislaid or improperly destroyed prior to 1991. ISG believes the bulk of these weapons were likely abandoned, forgotten and lost during the Iran-Iraq war because tens of thousands of CW munitions were forward deployed along frequently and rapidly shifting battlefronts."

(For comparison, the U.S. Department of Defense itself was famously unable in 1998 to report the whereabouts of "56 airplanes, 32 tanks and 36 Javelin command launch units".

Answer 6

There were no WMD's

If there were FOX would have had a parade with them to make sure you knew. Rush Limbaugh would be bragging about it to this day.

and there is no liberal controlled media

check your bill of rights:

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

ever here of FOX, or Rush Limbaugh?

If liberals controlled media there would be no FOX, or Rush Limbaugh. People control media, what we want, they give us so they can sell commercials.

I do remember hearing about a small amount of mustard gas, enough to make several people cough\

It's an unjust war

No WMD's
No Iraqi terrorists on 9/11
If the excuse is spreading freedom in the mid east then which country is next? Which country should we force our way of life on next, by way of war? How many thousands of U.S. Soldiers do you want to die in the name of pre emptive war against a country that can't even defend itself, much less pose a threat to us. Democrats are just as guilty for the war in iraq, but george bush led the crusade for war.

Answer 7

There were never any wmds and the president knows it, it was just something used to gain support for the invasion of iraq, do you honestly think that if the president knew that iraq had wmds he would have sent a ground invasion force to iraq , such an action against a country that has wmds would have instilled unacceptable losses of our troops cause if sadam had wmds he would have used them against us since he knows he would be tried for his crimes against the kurds and he has nothing to lose, and if history teaches us anything countries with nukes dont get invaded why dont you think anyone has done anything about isreal , i mean they have nukes and they have violate tons of u.n. resolutions.

Answer 8

Yes. General Sada, one of Saddam's top military advisers, wrote a book called "Saddam's Secrets", in which he explains that Saddam moved most of his WMD before we invaded. And we still find chemical weapons, in the form of gas-filled artillery and mortar shells, every once in awhile.

Answer 9

You have to satisfy your American Ego by telling that Saddam had moved the WMDs. What happened to your surveillance by sattelites to find out what is happening within 5feet through your infra-red cameras?
VR

Answer 10

Hell yes those weapons are still there. Buried or in a bunker.

The US sold them to Saddam during Iran/Iraq war.