Point of fact, we have found in Iraq 1 single 155-millimeter artillery round confirmed to have been containing decayed sarin nerve agent dating from the period in which we were actively engaged in helping Iraq build and use such weapons. Where you get your 14 shells of sarin is a mystery (I certainly have no such data, would you like to provide some support for yourself?), and your pointing to 'WMD Scientists' is a bit absurd to. Should Saddam have shot them? Rocet motors in Jorden are, well, rocket motors in Jordan- not 'Active WMD programs producing proscribed munitions'.

"We know for certain Al Qaeda was in Afghanistan, and only 800 miles separate Iraq from Afghanistan. That is like driving across Texas."

Thats the dumbest thing I have ebver heard. You are using proximity with Afghanistan to argue active collaboration with Al Qaeda? What cracker-jack box did you dig that line of argument out of?

"We also know bin Laden and Saddam were contacting each other between 1996 and 1997. "

we know nothing of the sort. we have allegations and assertions of such contacting- and uniformly those alegations have Al Qaeda spurning Iraq.

"This war was about keeping Saddam from becoming a danger to the free world with WMD. I think we have accomplished that. "

In that we fabricated a threat that did not exist to justify a war- yeah sure, we're all safe. Congratulations to you and your side. Real men!

In the end, REB, you supported this war because you believed, not knew. You shirk off the moral implications of that acting off of blind faith, I think, because you just don't want to look it in the face and own up to it. The argumnents you present are on the order of faery dust- a great story but no reality.

Davin L.