Re: WMD
Al Queda is driven by religious fervor. They viewed Saddam as a secular, corrupt infidel.
Here's what the Cato Institute (a CONSERVATIVE think tank, I might point out) had to say just before the festivities began last year:
"But the administration's strongest sound-bite on Iraq is also its weakest argument for war. The idea that Saddam Hussein would trust Al Qaeda enough to give Al Qaeda operatives chemical or biological weapons -- and trust them to keep quiet about it -- is simply not plausible. Bin Laden, who views the rigid Saudi theocracy as insufficiently Islamic, has long considered Saddam Hussein an infidel enemy. "
http://www.cato.org/dailys/03-05-03.html
The Scuds - missiles and launchers - were dismantled after Gulf War I. Of course, the Inspector Clouseau-like UN inspectors could never verify that every last missile was destroyed. However, the key is what David Kay said in his recent testimony: the evidence is that Iraq never restarted any of its WMD programs after Desert Storm. Ego-driven maniacal Saddam just wanted the West to think he did so that he could act like he was still a playah.cornbread said:If there are no WMD in iraq, then where did they go? Did sadam sell them on e-bay? In 1990/1 I remember SCUDs in Dahran.
More like what MJ is to normal people: completely incompatible.cornbread said:: iraq is to al queda, what michael jackson is to boys.
Al Queda is driven by religious fervor. They viewed Saddam as a secular, corrupt infidel.
Here's what the Cato Institute (a CONSERVATIVE think tank, I might point out) had to say just before the festivities began last year:
"But the administration's strongest sound-bite on Iraq is also its weakest argument for war. The idea that Saddam Hussein would trust Al Qaeda enough to give Al Qaeda operatives chemical or biological weapons -- and trust them to keep quiet about it -- is simply not plausible. Bin Laden, who views the rigid Saudi theocracy as insufficiently Islamic, has long considered Saddam Hussein an infidel enemy. "
http://www.cato.org/dailys/03-05-03.html