If Saddam really had WMD's like the Pro-War camp now insists, why didn't Saddam use them against us?

Egroeg_Rorepme

Could it be that he never really had any. That's a thought hard to grasp for the neo-cons.

ii7-V7

You are entirely missing the point....and engaging in revisionist history I might add.

The issue with Iraq was not about being able to make a fool proof argument with 100% certainty that Iraq had WMD's. It was instead about uncertainty. It was not that the we went ahead when the best estimate were that its only 60% likelihood that Iraq was hiding WMD's. It was the fact that we could not verify that they were in fact not there and not meant for our destruction.

The Iraqi regime repeatedly violated the terms of the UN resolutions placed upon them. In the process they made a mockery of the U.S. and the U.N. They kicked the weapons inspectors out repeatedly. They continually tried to obfuscate their intentions, and outright destroyed evidence. Why would they do this if there was nothing to hide, and with the knowledge that Bush would likely invade, everything to lose? Given these behaviors and the little evidence that we had we faced a situation of uncertainty. The administration decided to make a decision based on what evidence that they had. This was a decision that was overwhelmingly supported by BOTH parties!

Why didn't he use them? Simply because they weren't weaponized! They were not in an immediately available weapon to be used, other than Grenades which has already been pointed out.

But go ahead and give this post a negative rating because it doesn't agree with your point of view. I never have any delusions that I'm going to change minds with my well-thought out, factual, and logical arguments.

By the way, during Sadaam's reign....over two million civilians in his country died needlessly.

Sir Psycho Sexy

It would make sense if he had, wouldn't it? You would think that a man with no qualms about using chemical weapons on innocent men, women, and children and had also used them in the war against Iran would probably do so against an invading army coming to depose or kill him. Kind of makes you think (if you can) he had no usable chemical or biological weapons left. I guess Reagan only allowed so many chemical weapon precursors and pathogenic "research" materials to be sold to Iraq during the eighties and poor old Saddam ran out. We mustn't forget, however, that WMDs weren't a reason for going to war, they were a pretext.

sam21462

Hard to hit a jet with a gas grenade.

senior citizen

Because apparently he didn't have large stockpiles of war gas and chemicals, haviing already used them against the Kurdish civilians. He probably didn't dare to use what we know he had left, 500 artillery shells filled with nerve gas, mustard gas and Sarin gas, because he realized this couldn't stop the U.S. military forces,. He knew we were well equipped with gas masks and decontamination units.

the neo-conservatives are filled with hate,, death and destruction,,, they have to aim somewhere,,,

The Crow

I'm sorry if I sound like a mean person for saying this, but, for God's sake, why does everyone insist on using our faulty excuses for the war as a reason to say that America is a bad place. Never mind that we took out a brutal dictator who needlessly killed his people based on their religion. Also never mind the fact that we allowed women to go to school by taking him out, and also setting up a system in which the people actually have a say in what goes on rather than have the same guy in power for 3 decades too many. I must however agree with you in that we should not have invaded on a false excuse, and we should aslo not lie about our excuses either. If I had been the leader at the time (Lord help us all, lol) I would have sent in the Navy Seals to whoop Saddams lazy dictator butt.

Roadrunner58-79

His buddies had already sent them to Syria and Lebanon!!!

Tommy D

He forgot which castle had the keys for the WMD's

Yousef

Its just an excuse the U.S. used so they can invade Iraq and get hold of all its oil fields.

NONAME

They WERE used. At least one sarin binary round was fired at American troops in '03. Additionally they have been used in IED's...these are documented..do your own research and find the documentation...I'm tired of doing homework for lazy America hating liars. A large number of chemical rounds were captured in Jordan and confirmed to have originated in Iraq. In addition to chemical weapons there have been a number of discoveries of yellow cake uranium in scrap shipments from Iraq to other countries. Only an absolute fool would deny that saddam had and was continuing to develop WMD's and enhanced delivery systems. Choose to remain ignorant if you wish...at least for now we have an administration that will take action without feaing the left wing and pro Islamo-fascist propagandists.

Robert S

From what I have learned, the Iraqi chemical weapons depots were overrun before he could give the order to use them. Many dumps have been found, but the drive to Baghdad was too fast for the Iraqi military to cope with.

Mr.Been there

His sons forgot to bring matches to light the fuzes.

purplehaze83814

He had the materials for them, but we never found any that were assembled.

kennymartin1970

Because he was used to the U.S. talking tough but doing nothing, then when W came along he realized the rules had changed and he would be wiped out instantly if he used them

brian L

You can't use what you don't have. But you can bluff that you have them and the enemy might believe you and leave you alone. Not since the end of the 1st gulf war has Saddam had such toys. Bush invaded because it looked easy and maybe he thought he could show up his old man so much for those thoughts!

black witch

forget it.

scubadog35

Liberal flag burning genius. Its not a matter of opinion weather they found them. It was even reported on CNN that 500 projectiles were found. You not being aware of this only demonstrates how pathetically misinformed and ignorant you are. No surprise there, youre a Dumocrap.

Stan N

There were WMDs in Iraq. Where have you been?

Captain W

Mission was accomplished. So says my pres.

makingapost

You are a joke! You do not add up! You speak of things you obviously know nothing about. Does a criminal commit crime thinking he might get caught? Does he think of the possible jail time? Did So-damn Insane use weapons - of MASS destruction - against his own ppl? Is this bit of history lost to you?

The only thing I can say to you is - GROW UP or GET OUT OF MY COUNTRY! YOUR CHOICE.

Go to the place you love most and make an active choice to prepare to die for what you (or you're told to) believe in. I'll be sure to look for you in the final conflict! You will be an unworthy opponent at best, but I will be merciful.

Sorry, if I've upset you. Really. Guess I've been playing too many X-box games. Just go kick your mom's poodle. You'll feel better and it'll be our little secret. Mom won't know!

TG Special

They used WMD'S as a sales pitch too much.
Sadaam broke UN treaties 17 times since the Gulf War though, and that gave us the legal right to go in there.
I am glad we are in Iraq. That madman in Iran is threatening to use nukes as soon as he gets them. Having our army right next door in Iraq is incredibly smart!
I'd rather pretend that we have a nice cool world where we can drop acid, listen to music and screw babes all day, but thats not the real world. There are Muslims out there and they want to kill us. Unless you want them to kill your kids or family first?

wanker999

Conservative Christians are some of the least Christian people alive.

noniraptha

Even if Saddam didn't have them he will find away to attack. But if he had them I believe he would use them anyway. If not against the US , he will certainly will use it against others. In both cases it is catastrophy to all humanity. Beside the matter is not with the weapon but with the mind of the man who will use it. Too many countries now have massive bombs and weapons but they didn't cause any big attacks against countries and didn't kill too many ppl like what happen in 9/11 attacks. The terrorists weapon was only a small piece of knife or cutter. Got the idea.
Not the tool but how to use it that makes different in results.

helo pilot cfi

if Saddam had any wmd he would have unleashed them in a heart beat on us troops

westcoastlib

All the reasons listed for war? - BS
The real reason had to do with Saddam Hussein changing currency to the Euro at a time when other Arab countries might well have followed suit. Since the dollar is our most precious commodity, we could not allow that. So Saddam had to go.

rense

Fools !

Corky

Clockwork missiles are not a threat - and never were!

Rich H

Christ also said not to suppose that He came to bring peace to the world, but He came with a sword! What do you think that means? Check Matthew 10:34. And it is we "war lovers" who are the only ones that take the nazi Muslim threat seriously enough to confront it. This nation is not impervious to destruction, that is arrogant thinking: but it seems that the destruction is coming from within as well. People like you are going to get us all killed!

lttlehrse55

Your ignorance is showing. Sadaam used his petromoney not to improve the lives of his people but to purchase weapons from technologicaaly advanced nations, the United States included.

At the point at which we overthrew him, he had shown his willingness to murder tens of thousands of his own people, and he used crappy SCUD missles to attack Israel. At that point he had no technology to send missle against the United States, but he did possess chemical weapons which could have been released here wherever large groups of people gather.

The questioner doesn't know history well enough to know what a blundered war really is. Mussolini's attack of Ethiopia was a blundered war.

I ask the questioner if he would have been willing to shoot his mouth off if he had been an Iraqi living under Sadaam.

JAMES11A

We were prepared for the use of WMD. Our vehicles have chemical agent monitoring equipment. Our troops have suits designed to protect from chemical agents. We had vaccinated our troops for many of the likely biological agents.

Bottom line, Saddam's use of WMD against our forces would have been an inconvenience and would not have changed the outcome. Yes we would have taken casualties, but it would not have stopped us. Saddam's gassing the Iranian army did not stop them and they were ill prepared for a chemical attack.

Had Saddam used his WMD against our forces, he would have lost the publicity war. He did not have a lot of international sympathy to begin with, and that would have really painted him as an international villain.

There were a lot of political calculations on Saddam's part.

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