No WMD: “Gone as Far as Feasible”
We’ve known for a while that, in fact, there were no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq – just as the UN weapons inspectors had warned the Bush administration prior to the invasion and, in spite of the lies used by Bush & Co. to sell their war of choice, just as millions of people around the world had suspected all along. Now, however, it is absolutely final (Associated Press - April 25, 2005):
Recommends freeing detainees held for weapons knowledge
WASHINGTON - In his final word, the CIA’s top weapons inspector in Iraq said Monday that the hunt for weapons of mass destruction has “gone as far as feasible” and has found nothing, closing an investigation into the purported programs of Saddam Hussein that were used to justify the 2003 invasion.
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In 92 pages posted online Monday evening, Duelfer provides a final look at an investigation that occupied over 1,000 military and civilian translators, weapons specialists and other experts at its peak. His latest addenda conclude a roughly 1,500-page report released last fall.
On Monday, Duelfer said there is no purpose in keeping many of the detainees who are in custody because of their knowledge on Iraq’s weapons, although he did not provide any details about the current number. A U.S. official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the ultimate decision on their release will be made by the Iraqi authorities.
Of course, the latest finding on the lack of WMD in Iraq will not stop the Bush & Co. supporters, the Republican loyalists and other fellow Chickenhawks* from continuing to support their lame duck president’s war of choice in Iraq.
Finally, I agree with Kos, it’s time for the Chickenhawk Bush loyalists to atone:
* Chickenhawk n. A person enthusiastic about war, provided someone else fights it; particularly when that enthusiasm is undimmed by personal experience with war; most emphatically when that lack of experience came in spite of ample opportunity in that person’s youth.
