Although WMDs in Iraq were not the entirety of the reasons we went into that country in the first place, but the Left has whined since the invasion of Iraq in 2003 that they were lied to about the weapons of mass destruction which Hussein amassed in his decades of running the country. The Left ignored the 500 tons of uranium the US moved to Canada, but now it turns out their vaunted Wikileaks documents also support the Bush Administration’s claim;<\/p>\n
Wired magazine’s Danger Room<\/a> reports. “But WikiLeaks’ newly-released Iraq war documents reveal that for years afterward, U.S. troops continued to find chemical weapons labs, encounter insurgent specialists in toxins and uncover weapons of mass destruction.”<\/p>\n
That is, there definitively were weapons of mass destruction and elements of a WMD program in Saddam Hussein’s Iraq when U.S.-led coalition troops entered the country to depose Hussein.<\/p>\n
Predictably, the liberal media did their best to either ignore the story–like the New York Times and Washington Post did–or spin it. It’s not an easy choice to make, since ignoring the story makes you look out of the loop and hurts your reputation as an informative publication, yet spinning the story means actively attempting to confuse and mislead your readers. CBS News chose<\/a> the latter.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The Danger Room continues;<\/p>\n
But the more salient issue may be how insurgents and Islamic extremists (possibly with the help of Iran) attempted to use these lethal and exotic arms. As Spencer noted earlier, a January 2006 war log claims that \u201cneuroparalytic\u201d chemical weapons were smuggled in from Iran.<\/p>\n
That same month, then \u201cchemical weapons specialists\u201d were apprehended in Balad. These \u201cforeigners\u201d were there specifically \u201cto support the chemical weapons operations.\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n
But, I’m sure someone will now instruct me on the irrelevance of these documents and the weapons because there was no large stockpile with big signs and neon lights showing the media the way. The presence of chemical labs demonstrate intent – the whole reason. <\/p>\n
Thanks to ROS for the link.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"