WMD

Saddam Hussein, his regime, and all like it -- they are the WMD. If Kerry is elected, the dreamers who refuse to understand that may get the opportunity to find out what that means. I still can't believe we would actually elect a man like that, but in a democracy you get the government you deserve. The media have been incredibly, shamefully irresponsible and will deserve a good slice of the credit.

There were many reasons to go into Iraq, including the weapons Saddam would have very quickly resumed making once the sanctions had further unravelled, thanks to the best efforts of our allies and the UN, who were being paid off. The only reason the inspectors, Blix and his Merry Band, were back in there is that we had 100k troops and their equipment baking and degrading in the desert sun; that was not sustainable. The CIA's George Tenet made the case for weapons stockpiles to a skeptical GW (see Woodward's book), assuring him those facts were "a slam dunk"; everybody agreed Saddam was a threat and had to be disarmed, including Kerry. Negotiations through the UN are working out nicely with respect to Iran, who should have nuclear weapons in a year or so to go with their new rockets for delivery. If Kerry is elected, that is the future. He even came out against developing the deep-bunker tac nukes that might deal with hardened underground sites. Incredible.