So Because The U.S. Found Mustard Gas Canasters In Iraq That Were Over 20 Years Old...?

Question

...the republicans are now saying that we have found WMD in iraq?

Do they not realize that mustard gas that old is compleatly useless and at most could only give you minor burns if you have prolonged contact with it?

Are these the weapons we went to war over? Expired mustard gas that has been sitting in the desert since the mid-1980's, are those the WMD's?

Answer 1

seanchasworth - I'd love to know the sources of your "information", cuz frankly it's a crock. I have spoken in person to the head UN weapons inspector Jack McGeorge, whose team was the *only* one to find any evidence of WMD's. They found some anthrax that was completely inactive; they found some sarin which was at 2% concentration (which means you could damn near drink the stuff without harming yourself) and that was basically it. Essentially the Iraqi's simply didn't have the expertise or the facilities to manufacture all the weapons they were alleged to have created, and of those they did make they were unable to maintain them in weaponized form. The Iraqi's *did* destroy most of their stockpiles, but the scientists & the military were too damned scared of Saddam to tell him of either their failures or the destruction of weapons. Moreover, the majority of biological and chemical WMD's are extremely inefficient as weapons (so they're more of a 'bogeyman' threat than anything else) and they have very short shelf-lives. Saddam could have had thousands of tons of WMD's in 1991, but it is irrelevant, because by 2003 they would *all* have been inert. I also asked Jack whether he thought the invasion & subsequent war was justified - his answer was an emphatic 'No'. I asked why. He said in 2003, people had electricity, food, water, jobs and relatively normal lives. Now there is a de facto civil war; schools and universities are closed, lawlessness is rampant; public services have been devastated by coalition forces, food and water and jobs are hard to come by. Where is that better for the Iraqi populace? This war is nothing more than the implementation of the Plan for a New American Century, a strategy document authored by Paul Wolfowitz, Dick Cheney, Jeb Bush and Donald Rumsfeld, amongst others, advocating projecting US imperialism into the Middle East. Don't believe me? Google "PNAC" and read for yourself. 9/11 was an awfully convenient 'Pearl Harbor-like event'...you'll see the significance when you read the document.

Oh, and please people - when spouting about Iraq, make sure you have your facts straight and identify your sources. Don't just go regurgitating the Fox News propaganda.

Answer 2

Far left propaganda quickly forgets what Clinton did in 1998, and why he decided to carry out strikes in Iraq:
http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1998/12/16/transcripts/clinton.html


The mandate of the U.N. resolutions were to destroy ALL stockpiles of WMDs. It does not distinguish any difference among age.

We went to war over the repeated violations of these resolutions, and the finding of these stockpiles demostrates one of those many reasons for war. Democrats insist that no NEW weapons were found, but let's recap what we do know:

- over 500 stockpiles of weapon-grade chemical and biological agents have been found violating U.N. resolutions

- documents were discovered that demonstrate Iraq still had the capability to manufacture WMDs on a moment's notice

- documents and witness testimony collectively support that Iraq was still manufacturing WMDs after 1991

- Iraq repeatedly deceived weapons inspectors, which is the primary reason Clinton authorized a military strike in Iraq in 1998

- Iraq repeatedly shot at coalition planes in the no-fly zones


Bottom line: Iraq refused to cooperate for what Democrats seem to say "for no reason". If he nothing to hide, then he sealed his fate over a serious of dumb mistakes...

Answer 3

Well, Saddam could have turned over the records for stuff like this and avoided the war altogether...

The US also found sarin nerve gas, biological weapons labs hidden in vans, and gas chamber whose design has been verified as having the exclusive purpose of mass execution by poisonous gas.

The US also found records attempting to acquire uranium for nuclear weapons, payments to N.Korea for missile technology, and transportation records showing the transfer via airplane of other WMD's to Syria.

All of these are direct UN violations. Saddam could have prevented the war by simply accounting for all this stuff, but he chose not to. The US believes that the UN is important, and that potentially dangerous situations can no longer be allowed to progress.

Answer 4

It's likely that Saddam Hussein removed the WMDs from Iraq via the underground to Syria while the UN did its normal job of stalling and playing political games. God knows we gave him enough time to do so. Thank your precious UN for not finding any WMDs in Iraq.

Answer 5

The Republicans are scraping the bottom of the barrel here. But then, they went from WMD to liberating the Iraqi people to al Qaeda ties in Iraq to...WMD again. They can't be trusted.

Answer 6

I am so sick of this retarded argument.America sold Iraq its WMD's and provided them with the tech to build more.We did this during the Iran Iraq war.It is not a question of if but where did they go.Saddam had six months to figure out the where while we jawed at the U.N.

Answer 7

No, genius. The "Butcher of Baghdad" was ordered by the UN to prove he had no WMD..Clinton didn't have the balls to pursue the matter, and the Euros and Koffi Annon were busy trading with him. When GWB came to office, he demanded Saddam follow UN mandate. Saddam thought GWB was as gutless as BJ , so he played games with the inspectors .

You mess with the bull , you get the horn.

Answer 8

I don't know why I even wasted my time answering your question But I guess it was to piss you off. Words do not mean anything to block heads like you seem to be. The welfare of 26 million people in Iraq do not interest you nor does the security of the Middle East. Why don't you change your dress and put an turbine on and go to Tehran??

Answer 9

The point was that Sadam said that there were NO WEAPONS in Iraq. He said he DESTROYED THEM ALL. You cannot argue the fact that they were present and that Sadam in fact lied. Just like a typical liberal you are twisting the situation to avoid the real issue. By the way we did not go to war of weapons, we went to war to overturn a Facist.

Answer 10

If they were making mustard gas 20 years ago what was stopping them from making it today?

The US, if it wasnt for the US, Saddam Insane could have made more of this and used it