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Saddam
Ate His Weapons of Mass Destruction.
The American Press Ate the Story.
That's the Real Story.
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BUZZFLASH READER COMMENTARY
by YT Cai
The plausibility meter is again going haywire. This notion that Saddam Hussein hurriedly disposed of his weapons of mass destruction just before the U.K. and U.S. invasion is preposterous.
First of all, if anything Blair and Bush were saying could be believed, all Saddam had to do was destroy the weapons and he could have avoided the consequences. Why would Iraq play cat and mouse with the inspectors, hide or move things just before Blix's teams got there, and then turn around and secretly destroy the weapons, still providing the "coalition of the chilling" with the lynch pin needed to effect their execution? This doesn't make sense to me either.
Secondly, with 300,000 troops amassed at Iraq's borders, an armada of war vessels anchored within striking distance, and every indication that a siege is about to begin, why would Saddam destroy the only weaponry that might mire the advance of the invaders? If in fact they had such nasty agents, why weren't they used when there were 10,000 troops staged in the area, 50,000 troops, 100,000 troops, you get the idea? Russia and France had to be telling Saddam all along that war was inevitable, so with that knowledge, they covertly destroy their only deterrent? Hardly a strategy even the most inept defender would choose.
Thirdly, what would the rationale be for such a move? Maybe Saddam wanted to go down in history as being right about what he was saying all along, that he didn't posses any such weapons? Was he Trying to avoid the embarrassment of being called a liar by Blair and Bush? Or was Saddam just trying to ward off the aggressors by letting them believe he could inflict great harm to any invader? The possibilities are mind boggling when dealing with an unpredictable tyrant.
Besides, wouldn't there be all sorts of evidence of the hasty destruction of the quantities of chemicals and biological agents that Iraq was charged with possessing? Bush and Powell claimed there were tons and tons of unaccounted for agents. Although, I have my own theory on how they have been moved undetected to Syria. It is called the "Nomad Theory", and it goes like this:
Knowing that constant surveillance by no fly zone monitors would easily detect a convoy of vehicles crossing over into Syrian territory, the wily Saddam formed a bestial team of the most unsightly weapons of mass destruction movers imaginable. Taking his cue from heroin smuggling mules, the weapons were loaded into condoms and forced fed to a massive herd of camels. Then, Saddam himself led this mercenary drove of dromedary death dispensers across nomadic routes into Syria. Not only was Saddam able to retain his diabolical arsenal, but he was also able to innocuously slip away to safety. As long as the camels did not "release" any of their contraband in the vicinity of the oil fields, the likelihood of discovery was quite remote. Carefully planned routes made detection near impossible. With only a modest supply of laxative, it is just a matter of time before Saddam can again threaten the entire free world.
Hey, it's as plausible as any other reason forwarded thus far as to why the weapons can't be found.
YT Cai
A BUZZFLASH READER COMMENTARY
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