NP: Iraq

[cfalbert]

 Surely the
> dispersal of these weapons means that invasion of Iraq on the basis of
> securing the WMD threat has been a total failure? How much more likely
> are they to fall into the hands of terrorist groups if they have been
> trucked out of the country to Iraq's theocratic neighbours? If this is
> the case, there is an astonishing lack of concern about it. Tony Blair a
> few days ago said that "weapons of mass destruction are not the issue in
> Iraq at the moment". It seems to me we are being sold a line here about
> the justification for this invasion.
>
> Jon

And why would Syria assume possession of the very agents whose existence
drove the US to invade Iraq pre-emptively?

Assad Jr. likes to TALK  a big game - but that is pretty much the limit of
his derring-do.

love,
cfa