You remember Iraq's weapons of mass destruction? You could excused for forgetting since no one in the administration is talking much about them anymore.
But in case you forgot, Saddam Hussein's alleged huge program of weapons of mass destruction was supposed to pose a major threat to American security. So much so that we had to invade, conquer and occupy Iraq, overthrew his regime and rebuild the country. If we didn't, the Evil Doers would've invaded America, pillaged our cities, raped our women and slaughtered our children, we were hysterically told.
In case you forgot, the weapons of mass destruction theory was the absurd premise upon which most Americans supported the aggression against Iraq, a country which had never done anything against us or threatened to.
Now, I read that the US has officially given up the search for those WMDs.
Intelligence officials say US chief weapons' investigator Charles Duelfer has left Iraq and is not planning to return.
Duelfer reported last year that Iraq had no stockpiles of chemical or biological weapons at the time of the US-led invasion nearly two years ago.
Additionally, Duelfer said Saddam Hussein had still had the desire to restart WMD programmes.
Which is odd since before the invasion, didn't the administration tell us that Iraq already had active WMD programs?
Just in case you forgot.
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