If WMDs weren't moved from Iraq to Syria,why are former high-ranking Iraqi military officers saying they were?
454768
Probably to save their asses.  Given our satellite recon capabilities, anything more than a miniscule effort would likely have been detected and certainly this would have made the evening news during the buildup for war.  It's not like our abilities in this are are a mystery, especially after the first gulf war, and it would have gone a long way to placate the detractors.
1006748
we are in iraq to prevent MORE violence in the us. the bush lied quote is dead. we found wmds just this week in iraq 500 biological weapons grade artillery shells with sari gas and mustard gas but you won't hear about it in the mainstream media. if we leave now as sen. kerry wants the jihaddists will follow us back to the us. you want to fight the jihaddist in iraq or illinios . take your pick and don't be blind by democrats
733215
I'm not sure what your point is - they never did find evidence of WMD's in Iraq, and there was no legitimate connection between Al-Qaeda and Saddam Hussein's government.  (I'm with you on the 9/11 bit.)  What do you want the extreme-liberals to learn - to deny reality?
957367
Many resons, the UN security council stated they had WMD. Iraq is a stratigic point in controlling the middle east. It keeps the fight off American soil to keep the civiilian causalities down.
681566
No, they didn't lie, they all new there were WMDs in Iraq.   However, since nothing was found during the search, they all took that used it against Bush because they don't like him.
1038611
Has anyone considered the possibility that he maybe sent them elsewhere (Syria?) to embarrass the administration? And why is it so far fetched to believe he had them? He did use them before, right? He also intentionally led other nations to believe he did have them to fend off exactly what we did, getting rid of him!
1160098
Saddam had them shipped through Syria to be buried in the Bekaa Valley in the hope that his regime would survive the invasion...\n\nhttp://www.freespeech.com/archives/002668.html\n\nhttp://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=38581\n\nhttp://www.aina.org/news/2006012695410.htm\n\nUpdate: WMD's were found in Iraq this week:\n\nhttp://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060622/wl_afp/uscongressiraqweaponschemical_060622103838
588016
It a commonly held belief that it was 'other interested parties' who wanted Syria to be blamed for it (and weaken their position) and thus to make them a target for invasion to gain more power in the Middle East... turns out now the 'interested parties' are going for Iran instead....\nIt was also predicted that should the Iraq 'war' be successful that Iran or Syria would be the next target. Strange how predictable politics has become...
443199
Yes there have been numerous documents and tapes released by the government implementing Saddam's regime talking about where to take the WMD's and how to lie to the UN.  I don't know where to get ahold of those documents though, I heard it on Limbaugh's radio show, try calling him he would undoubtedly know.  When I was there we found numerous empty carriers for large warheads and plenty of chemical and biological weapons.  But WMD's are not the only reason for Iraq, him supporting and paying terrorists is just like having WMD's.  There are many anti-American HUGE paintings on buildings displaying the bombing of America and many had mushroom clouds.  I believe since we told Saddam we was coming he got them out.  The terrorist network over there is crazy.  If you have any other questions email me
1053659
In addition to cantcu's succinct answer, which is the critical point, I would add that the so-called threat of WMDs in Iraq (which never existed) made bush feel like a macho lawman from the old west, while the prospect of WMDs in North Korea (which absolutely do exist and are flaunted regularly) makes the coward hide in his bunker. Why? China.\n\nIf the "good old USSR" (where ever did I get that phrase from? lol) still existed, bush would never have gone anywhere near Iraq, notwithstanding his desperate need to prove his manhood and avenge his daddy. Why? Because as China looks out for North Korea, so too did the USSR once look after Iraq. Like all such craven political leaders, bush and his aides correctly calculated that invading Iraq under the false pretext of a perceived "threat" of WMDs would not engender imminent attack by an actual nuclear power.\n\nWhat he completely miscalculated was that the Iraqi people would welcome force-fed "democracy," to say nothing of the endless campaign against imperialism led by assorted insurgents and outside forces (many of them terrorists who'd have never dared set foot inside Iraq while Saddam Hussein was still in charge). The fact the US already went through precisely the same insane scenario in Vietnam a few decades ago only makes his war crimes all the more treasonous and indefensible. Unbelievable....
1089535
Well Sadam did have WMDs and we all (Clinton even) knew it. But our real reason for being in Iraq is to strategically get the jump on Iran. Afghanistan is on one side of Iran and Iraq is on the other. Iran is backed by China. You can see the cards stacking up here on the way to WWIII.
701978
The reason is is that people believe anything that confirms what they want to hear.As recently as a few months back failed  senate incumbent from Pennsylvania Rick Santorum stated wmd's had been found, he later backtracked on this. Yet many of the most gullible ideologues started claiming "See, see their are weapons in Iraq."
500412
Yes, Sadam was a major threat to regional stabillity and the worlds oil supply. If he ever gained enough strength he was certain to attack his neighbors again. And about those wmd (weapons of mass destruction). Why did he kick out the UN weapons inspectors if he wasn't working on weapons he wasn't authorised to have. And durring the 14 weeks the UN was politely asking him to let them back in, don't you think that was enough time to move whatever weapons he had to Syria or some other country. Or for that matter just burry them in his own country. Iraq is a big place. There could be stock piles of weapons there that may not be found for years.
1147002
There are a lot of BS answers here.  Iraq was in no way a threat to the United States. No Airforce, No Navy, a couple of missles that couldn't reach us that they had begun to destroy when we invaded, a lousy army that we beat in about a week.\n\nThere were 2,500 people looking for WMD after the invasion. No evidence was found that there  were WMD or that they had been destroyed or moved. Do you really believe US wouldn't have been able to find evidence if it existed?\n\nThe "Bush" people wanted to invade Iraq before 9/11.  They wanted to overthrow Sadam and put in a "democratic government" freindly to US and US oil companies. They believe that if you have "democracy" in Iraq it will spread to other countries in the Middle East.  While they talk about "freedom" they really only are interested in countries with oil.\n\nIf Iraq was a threat to its neighbors, why did NONE of them join our coalition? Turkey wouldn't even allow just to use them as a base for invasion.\n\nSomeone says above that Saddam had programs in 1992. 1992?\nThat's eleven years before we invaded! Ten years later, Saddam was totally contained and had no WMD programs to speak off, and no capicity to develop nuclear weapons.
423119
If Bush lied about WMDs, why did the UN pass 17 resolutions telling Saddam he had to get rid of WMDs?  Why did Bill Clinton use WMD profileration to justify the 1998 bombing of Baghdad?  Why did even Jacque Chirac even ask Saddam to disarm?  Why did Saddam USE his WMDs in a 1988 attack in a Kurdish town?  Why did even some of the top Iraqi Generals which have been captured in this war believe that Iraq had WMDs?\n\nAnd what exactly is Bush's lie about Iran?
1164004
Regardless of whether there are or were weapons of mass destruction - what was going on in Iraq was wrong and unacceptable.  The killing of thousands of innocent people and the ruling of a tyrant - horrible.  There are so many places they could hide the weapons - or by now maybe they were smuggled out of the country - who knows, but it's not a long shot to say they were there at one time.
211961
After warring first with Iran(using chemical and biological weapons there),then invading Kuwait, Saddam's army was driven by United Nations back to Bagdad in Desert Storm. Surrender terms and many UN resolutions demanded WMD disarmament and verification, which Saddam thwarted for so long that Bush decided (post 9-11) to go back to Bagdad and oust Saddam to look for those WMDs.