"Palme D'Or" for Mike Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11&

[kandrathe]

...before voting to go to war

You mean the US congress? They voted to go to war months prior to the WMD, UN diplomatic fiasco unfolded. It is clear to me that the US Administration did not trust Dr. Blix, and thought his entire operation was compromised. The evidence they presented showed that trucks would move in and clean out an area a day in advance of the inspectors arrival, or they would be delayed in getting to an area a sufficient amount of time for it to be scrubbed. I think there is still a chance some stockpiled weapons will turn up somewhere, either well hidden, or trucked to Syria prior to the war.

It was unfortunate that the focus was and has been on stockpiles of WMD. The threat from Saddam was in his WMD capabilities and programs, the ability with precursors to manufacturer, and use or distribute. He was increasingly being tied to more terrorist groups, and the fear was that they would eventually comingle their support for terrorism and WMD. Third, he was a brutal despot willing to use any weapon against his enemies. Having stockpiles is ancillary to those three factors which was why he was a threat to world security.