NY Times Admits Saddam Close To Nuke In 2002

Take a gander at this article. Most importantly, read the last paragraph on the first page. "Among the dozens of documents in English were Iraqi reports written in the 1990s and in 2002 for United Nations inspectors in charge of making sure Iraq had abandoned its unconventional arms programs after the Persian Gulf war. Experts say that at the time, Mr. Hussein’s scientists were on the verge of building an atom bomb, as little as a year away."

So in 2002 UN inspectors and other experts said that Saddam's scientists were ON THE VERGE of building a nuclear weapon. Hmmm....Sounds like a WMD to me and Saddam was known to fund suicide bombers and constantly fired missiles at our jets patrolling the No Fly Zone established after the first Gulf War. Does anyone else need any further proof that Saddam was a threat to the US??

What's odd is that this article is on the front page of the NY Times' website. Wouldn't this theoretically help the Bush Administration with doubters about the existence of WMD's and the threat that Saddam posed?

The problem that we have now with people who say "there were no weapons" is that they expected us to go in, kick open a door of a random warehouse, and find it filled to the rafters with missiles filled with Sarin and VX gas, Nuclear bombs lying around, and other such things.

Do you think Saddam would want this? Do you think he would just let it sit there and let the world see that "The USA was right"? Saddam is very worried about his legacy and to be shown a liar and a brutal dictator makes his legacy worthless. He sees himself as "The Liberator of Iraq" But soon enough, if found guilty and sentenced to death, he won't live to see Christmas. Iraqi law states if you're sentenced to death, it must be carried out within 30 days.

Travis
travis@rightwinglunatic.com