>There are also some Americans wondering and writing about WMD not being found - I cite two recent pieces from the New Yorker as examples:
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>http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/?030512fa_fact
>http://www.newyorker.com/talk/content/?030616ta_talk_gourevitch

My favorite part of Hersh's article was this:

Weapons may yet be found. Iraq is a big country, as the Administration has repeatedly pointed out in recent weeks.

This was basically a long article by Hersh where he could play both sides. On one hand, if WMDs are not found, then he can say, "I told you so!". If they are found, he can say, "Well, I always said WMDs may be found". I find people like him who critize the decisions of others, but won't take a stand on their own, to be comical.

>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...

This was the same public who were definitely against the war, then suddenly for it. Public opinion is often fickle.