"There is no evidence to date that Iran is pursuing nuclear WMDs.."
dont tell me you think they need enriched nuclear fuel to solve their nonexistent energy problems.
"But still, my shallow thinking cannot come up with where the WMDs are that the kurds were threatened with."
Not 'threatened' with. Victims of. BIG difference.
"Afterall, you chimed in on a discussion about now, not almost 20years ago"
This is not 20 years ago. Do a search and see when Saddam last used his chemical toys on the Kurds. Then think about the hundreds of scientists and technicians that knew how to make those weapons... and the hundreds more soldiers who were trained to deliver and deploy said weapons.
Those people are the danger not the physical possession of a canister full of mustard gas or anthrax. Saddam could've very well destroyed all his chemical weapons before the war..and that wouldve accomplished nothing. His people knew how to make them and could go back into production in a matter of months after the existing stockpiles had been destroyed (or sold out to someone else..who knows?).
This is right out of the Cold War man, it didnt matter if one side got the first nuclear strike in, the other side had the capability to rearm and retaliate...and with nukes that means both sides lose no matter what. Because both sides HAD the personnel with the knowledge and had the infrastructure to produce the weaponry afterwards.
Saddam wasnt stupid.
The media however, is full of stupid people. That stupidity is transmitted on the airwaves over and over and over again.
2568 repetitions make it true. (read 'Brave New World' if you dont get that reference).
