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>I don't know why the question exists either. I read something the other day about how differently the French think than Americans. Maybe it is a cultural thing, but to me, it was a pretty open and shut case.

There are also some Americans wondering and writing about WMD not being found - I cite two recent pieces from the New Yorker as examples:

http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/?030512fa_fact
http://www.newyorker.com/talk/content/?030616ta_talk_gourevitch

Also, with recent news showing Tony Blair taking quite a pummelling recently over this same question, you'd have to extend this same cultural difference to the British as well...