US quietly abandons search for WMD

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4169941.stm

"The White House has now officially acknowledged what the Washington Post first reported and what many probably assumed was the case anyway - the US search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq is over, at least in any meaningful sense."

Surprised no one has posted about this now.  Not to trumpet on the Bush administration so much but, what do you have to say now?  Immediate threat to America via usage of WMD?

The cynical part of me expect the spin on this to be that because they invaded, Saddam was unable to develop the WMD to harm America.  Or maybe, try to convince the public that all of it was transported to Syria and Iran.  I don't think even Bush Jr. is stupid enough to try to liberate Syria or Iran right now though.

*This started in January? Damn! What the hell... here's my 2 cents*

>>1 Anyone who would readily and willingly believes in the BBC already has a liberal bent.

>>2 & >>6 Liberal weenies (including myself back then) also feared Reagan was going to dominate the world and start the apocalypse. He didn't. Instead, he ended up scaring Iran to free hostages that Carter couldn't do and causing the tear down of communist Soviet Union.

>>22 Actually, the nature of Democrats and Republicans have evolved quite a bit in the past 40 years.  Most Republican values now more like what the Democrats were in the 60s while the Democrats have moved more towards Socialism.  You are so wrong to equate Democrats as conservative and Republicans as isolationists; although, you are free to do so, and granted there are those that are.  In general, I submit it would be best to sum them up thusly: Democrats = big government = more bureaucracy = socialistic tendencies = "government and foriegn nations like France knows what's best for you; we will tax you, take care of you, keep you at the racial and social status you belong to so you don't become a Republican; we will also make you believe everything is the Republican's fault"; Republicans = small government = big military = capitalistic tendencies = "work hard, learn to improve yourself, learn to save money, and figure out what's best for you and family; we will protect you, your liberty, your freedom--even if your a bleeding-heart liberal Democrat who thinks America is bad and Republicans are to blame."

>>18 >>19 >>20 >>24 >>26 >>28
You all pass at reading Orwell!  All of you obviously got SOMETHING out of his books, even if IMHO most of you are downright wrong.  But hey, ya gotta luv books (and the media)!  You get what you believe.

>>40  So are you living in Socialist Paradise now?  If not, do you truly believe China to be paradise?  If so, would you like a one way ticket to go there?  (I couldn't help it! I had to ask!)

>>43 I agree, although I wouldn't call them liberated just quite yet.  Maybe "commercialized"?  hmmm...

I'd go on but I'd just be wasting keystrokes.  Most everyone (except for >>20) are hypocrits, idiots, politocrits, and snits, anyways... including myself for participating in this inane discussion this late.  But hey, it's been fun!  g'nite.