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Polls show what some Americans think about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction

Over and over the Bush administration told us that Iraq's possession of terrible weapons of mass destruction justified the war on Iraq. Bush explained that Iraq had chemical and biological weapons and would soon have nuclear weapons. The US military quickly conquered the smaller, poorer, weaker country. But as for the WMD, they've searched and searched and found none. The White House continues to maintain that they were right all along, that Iraq and its dictator did indeed possess WMD, but somehow forgot or failed to use them in the war, while remembering to destroy or hide every trace of them.

Support for the conquest of Iraq remains strong, and a great many Americans are not even aware that no WMD were found. In a recent American poll, 22% said that Iraq had used WMD against the American invaders. 34% told pollsters they believed that the US had found WMD during the invasion. And 57% believe that Iraq had WMD at the beginning of the war.

Bush might be trying to give voters the false impression that his claim that Iraq had WMD was actually true, just as he tried to convince voters that Saddam was involved with al Qaeda. The day before the invasion of Iraq started, a poll revealed that nearly one American in four believed that Saddam was the boss of al Qaeda.

An amazing 55% of respondents who identified themselves as Republicans and say that they "follow foreign affairs very closely" believe that WMD had been found by US invaders.

--R.W. Bradford (Liberty Magazine)

posted by Hal 6:37 PM