Bush once again has tried to justify the Iraqi War with claims of chemical weapons labs. A recent Reuters story significantly muddies the waters:
A laboratory for the manufacture of chemical weapons has been found in Falluja, an Iraqi minister said on Thursday, but Marines in the city said they were not aware of any such discovery. . .
On Wednesday, Marines in Falluja said they had found a banner of the insurgent group led by Jordanian al Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in a chemicals laboratory in Falluja. But they said there was no indication the lab was used to produce chemical weapons.
It was not clear whether Daoud was referring to the same laboratory. Marines said on Thursday they were not aware of any additional laboratories being discovered, and were skeptical that evidence had been found of the manufacture of chemical weapons.
I feel like Bush has managed to make a perfect chemical amalgamation of the story of the Boy Who Cried Wolf and the myth of Sisyphus. We constantly go running up the hill only to be laughed at one more time. Personally, I don't much care if they do find a discarded chemistry set with a ripped up American flag in the back of some Iraqi's car. It will change nothing. The U.S. was never attacked by Iraq. The 9/11 terrorists weren't from Iraq. The U.S. didn't go there for the sake of "democracy." In short, the war was wrong. Thousands are dying for a mistake.
It does get old doesn't it. And to think we have to endure this boy crying wolf for another FOUR YEARS!
Posted by: diana at November 28, 2004 12:11 AM