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Thursday, January 26, 2006

Iraq WMDs - The Hidden Story

One of the most intriguing stories in the news today is something you probably haven't heard. In today's NY Sun, reporter Ira Stoll writes about Georges Sada, Saddam Hussein's #2 man in the Iraqi Air Force. In his book, "Saddam's Secrets," Sada discloses what many have believed all along - that Iraq's WMDs (but not the equipment, which we found) were moved to Syria before the war.

This really shouldn't surprise anyone, assuming it's true. We warned Saddam a year in advance that he "better not have any WMDs" and then a year later when we go in, we don't find any. A first-grade student could deduce that the weapons might have been either destroyed or moved somewhere else. To the U.S. media and most Democrats, however, this might come as a shock. Stay tuned...