If Iraq has WMD's, then why didnt the Hussein boys use them?

[59millionmorons]

It seems to me when you are trapped in a building without a prayer, that maybe this would be the time to use any WMD's you have. When it is four against 200, you would think they would have used them then. The fact that they were not used tells me they don't have them, along with the fact that we found stockpiles of ammunition not WMD's at the place they were killed. This is more evidence that Bush is a LIAR. Oh yes I do believe they had WMD's at one time. If Bush would like to find them he can go to the location in Iraq were the IAEA has stored the chemical/biological weapons that they seized. Then maybe Bush will relize that the reason he can't find any WMD's is that they have already been gathered up by the IAEA years ago.

[dsc]

1. They are lousy weapons

Aside from terrorism they are pretty worthless as weapons. They don't kill fast enough or certainly enough. Their range isn't so great. And they would have had to get out of there somehow and somehow people running around in chemical outfits would be pretty noticable. I do agree that the weapons are either gone in to terrorist hands, in the IAEA stock pile, or were destroyed by Clinton. But their not being used isn't why I think that.

[the_sam]

9. Yes

That's the one big, inconvenient point that gets left out of all the debates. Biological and chemical weapons are militarily ineffective. Nuclear weapons are a much more serious concern.

[msanger]

2. It's still a matter of cloaking technology

check out it explains it all!!

[IDUDOYOU]

3. Is this one of those rhetorical threads?

We all know the answer but you just want some attention? ;-)

[whoYaCallinAlib]

4. Uday and Qusay were WMD.

How many thousands do you have to kill before you qualify for the "mass destruction" designation?

[liberalhistorian]

5. Simple answer. The Hussein sons didn't use

WMD'S because they DIDN'T HAVE ANY!

[DuctapeFatwa]

6. They were only 45 minutes away from using them

I know this is true because the former foreign minister of Niger told me about it in the same email where he outlined how I can become very wealthy by sending him only a few hundred dollars.

[Melsky]

7. No, they HID them

just to make bushie look bad.

[caledesi]

8. The question is just too logical. n/t

[the_sam]

10. I don't think they had them in any significant quantities

Iraq was fundamentally disarmed during the first round of inspections from 1991-1998. Because of the sanctions, in addition to international controls, it would be very difficult for Iraq to rebuild its nuclear program free of detection. It would be a bit easier for Iraq to rebuild its chemical weapons arsenal, but chemical weapons are militarily ineffective anyway.