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Originally Posted by transplant99
Agreed...not here to perpetuate an endless cycle of debate.
But one thing about this has always bothered me and never been answered.
OK...the US didnt find WMD when they finally went in in March of 03.
However, we do know that Iraq DID in fact have them at one time because he used them....once cleary documented, and accused of others.
Being that he used them at least once, and with great success in his warped mind, what would of ever suggested he quit the program of developing them? Was it the 4 years that he had UN inspectors kicked out of the country so he couldnt be caught with them? Or did he really succumb to international pressure, dump them and the program, and THEN stand up to the US without anything to back himself up?
Just trying to apply a bit of common sense to the whole thing that doesn't ad up.....at all.
The easiest, and likely IMO, answer is that he did send what he had out of the country and that is when he invited the UN inspectors back in. Likely destinations have to include Syria....don't they?
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The whole place got absolutely creamed in 1991 and then had 12 years of harsh sanctions before the 2003 invasion. They didn't have the money, ability, equipment or suppliers (such as the US) to get back to where they were.