There were WMDs in Iraq

I know that this is an old story, but I was reminded of it a few days ago when I came across this story: WikiLeaks Revelations. The story tells how among other things, WikiLeaks exposed that we did find WMDs in Iraq. Specifically we found chemical weapons. This has been common knowledge for our troops for some time. I've heard many times, albeit second hand, that it is was not uncommon for our troops to uncover containers of sarin gas and the like. And yet non of this was ever reported. Now, the real point that this post is meant to demonstrate is that even though the truth is out now, it does not matter. The journalists and commentators already have their story and are sticking to it. This new is months old now, and although it made a few ripples, it really didn't have any real impression. I have seen, expect to continue to see liberal pundits talking about how Bush lied, and the conservatives that they are talking to will continue to say, “Well he really did think that there were WMDs in Iraq, so its not a lie”. I know that this is how it will go because this is how it went the last time news came out about WMDs in Iraq. In 2008 it was reported that 550 metric tons of yellowcake uranium was moved out of Iraq and sold to Canada for use in nuclear reactors. You can read about it here: Secret U.S. mission hauls uranium from Iraq. If your wondering how much 550 metric tons is, it was stored it 3500 barrels.

So Iraq had chemical WMDs, as expected. They had a lot of uranium, as expected. They also had a nuclear program, as was stated by our intelligence. And yet we still hear the montra that Bush lied. It is clear that if it came out that Iraq had complete nuclear bombs on long ranged missiles pointed towards the United States, we would still here that Bush lied and there were no WMDs in Iraq.

Now my point is absolutely not you should all support the war in Iraq. I personally think that nation building is one of the worse ideas that any of our presidents have ever had. But not being for the war does not excuse ignoring the truth when it does not fit what you want to believe.