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ETWolverine |
06/22/06 |
Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA) announced yesterday that the Iraq WMDs that Bush said exist actually do exist.
Santoum cited an unclassified report fom John Negroponte to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (of which Santorum is a member) which details unclassified information regarding the existence of pre-war Iraqi WMDs.
The report states
Since 2003 Coalition forces have recovered approximately 500 weapons munitions which contain degraded mustard or sarin nerve agent.
Despite many efforts to locate and destroy Iraqs pre-Gulf War chemical munitions, filled and unfilled pre-Gulf War chemical munitions are assessed to still exist.
Pre-Gulf War Iraqi chemical weapons could be sold on the black market. Use of these weapons by terrorists or insurgent groups would have implications for Coalition forces in Iraq. The possibility of use outside Iraq cannot be ruled out.
The most likely munitions remaining are sarin and mustard-filled projectiles.
The purity of the agent inside the munitions depends on many factors, including the manufacturing process, potential additives, and environmental storage conditions. While agents degrade over time, chemical warfare agents remain hazardous and potentially lethal.
It has been reported in open press that insurgents and Iraqi groups desire to acquire and use chemical weapons.
Read the report here.
I have a few questions about this.
1) Why was this not picked up as a major story by the press today? Even the NY Post missed this story. I would think that the confirmation of Bush's assertions regarding the possible existence of Iraqi WMDs would be a major story and the lead-in for most of the media. Why isn't it?
2) Bush was accused of lying when everyone thought the WMDs didn't exist. They didn't accuse him of faulty intelligence or of making a mistake. They said he lied. Now that we know that Bush didn't lie and that WMDs DID exist, does that make those who accused him of lying out to be liars themselves? Or are they just simply mistaken?
3) Will anyone in the media or from the Democratic party apologize to Bush for calling him a liar? Or do they only demand apologies from Republicans?
This is definitely not a good month to be a Democrat.
- Al Zarqawi killed.
- Hundreds of arrests and killings of insurgents and insurgent leaders.
- Iraqi government takes office.
- Republicans pull the rug out from under the Dems feet on a vote for pulling out of Iraq.
- Bush's poll numbers are showing significant improvement.
- And now, some of the WMDs have been found.
Some people just can't catch a break. They are called "Democrats".
Elliot |
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