God, what else do you need to demonstrate the antithesis of ALL YOUR POINTS? Get over it, there are no WMD in Iraq, there are no TRACES of WMD in Iraq, there are no terrorists in Iraq, there are no WMD factories in Iraq... and on and on. the FIFTH month of the war, Tom, and NOTHING in Iraq.

Noted and bookmarked.

--No WMD. They vanished, or were never there.

--No WMD production facilities and no plans to deploy them in the future. They vanished, or were never there, or if they were, they were intended for making balloon animals.

--Never any terrorists in Iraq, including the ones camped out in Kurdish territory killing Saddam's enemies, and the ones given refuge and medical care in Baghdad. If they were there, somehow Saddam knew nothing about them.

--The U.N. was totally wrong about tons of missing weapons.

--The CIA has been totally wrong about weapons, terrorists, and everything else concerning Iraq under two consecutive administrations.

--British intelligence has been totally wrong about weapons, terrorists, and everything else concerning Iraq.

Have I pretty much got it nailed down? Or are you going to somehow claim I misinterpreted a flat statement yet again?

BTW, major combat operations started on March 21st, and ended on May 1st. I don't know where the hell this FIVE MONTHS keeps coming from. It has been about four months since the war even started, and less than three since we were able to start looking for evidence in any meaningful way.

It took us this long to find Saddam's sons...but whaddaya know, there they were. By your logic, they never existed since we couldn't find them immediately.

I predict that eventually you are really going to have to eat this stuff big time.