>>>>Do you still believe that there were WMDs in Iraq at the time of invasion?
>>>
>>>No, I think they were moved during the six month lag time prior to the invasion.
>>
>>So Hans Blix's request for another 60 days to investigate wouldn't have made a difference, even though he said, after years of investigation, there was no evidence?
>
>From the WMD report page 60
>Although the ISG did find indications that Saddam remained
>interested in reconstitution of the nuclear program after sanctions were lifted, it concluded that Iraq’s ability to reconstitute its program progressively decayed after 1991.
>
>page 112
>The ISG did conclude, however, that “Saddam never abandoned his intentions
>to resume a CW effort when sanctions were lifted and conditions were judged
>favorable,” and that Iraq’s post-1995 infrastructure improvements “would
>have enhanced Iraq’s ability to produce CW” if it chose to do so.
>
>Still say there was no evidence that Saddam was trying to get wmds?

John,

I won't argue the point for a millisecond.

There's a big difference between "trying" and "having". As I recall, the administration's tale was that he "had WMDs".