Originally posted by Toad
The question was IF they found the stuff now in Syria would any of the anti-war/anti-Bush crowd say..."Wow, I was really wrong. Good thing we took ole SH out."
I don't think they would.
Depends, the anti-war/anti-Bush crowd isn't one united organism that has one specific set of arguements or philosophies. Gunslinger, same thing applies to your nebulous "The Left". As such making a prediction on how such a varied group of people would react seems like futility to me.
Personally, my biggest beef with the war wasn't whether or not Iraq had WMD or that Bush lied about it, but that in my opinion the UN Charter wasn't followed.
But one can get away with all sorts of things if they turn out to be right. I think they only way the coallition can be right in this case, is if Iraq transferred the postulated WMD
after Security Council resolution 1441 came into force. I base that opinion on the following section of the aforementioned resolution.
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Acting under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations,
1.
Decides that Iraq has been and remains in material breach of its obligations under relevant resolutions, including resolution 687 (1991), in particular through Iraq’s failure to cooperate with United Nations inspectors and the IAEA, and to complete the actions required under paragraphs 8 to 13 of resolution 687 (1991);
2.
Decides, while acknowledging paragraph 1 above, to afford Iraq, by this resolution, a final opportunity to comply with its disarmament obligations under relevant resolutions of the Council; and accordingly decides to set up an enhanced inspection regime with the aim of bringing to full and verified completion the disarmament process established by resolution 687 (1991) and subsequent resolutions of the Council;"
