BBC headlines blare: "'Chemical weapons' found in Iraq "
Dozens of mortar rounds containing chemical weapons, including mustard gas, were unearthed by Danish troops in southern Iraq.
36 mortar rounds, people. 36. And they were buried for 10 years. With traces of chemical warfare agents, including blister gas, which makes victims break out in painful blisters. Saddam said they had been destroyed. If this is going to be used as a piece of proof that this war was justified, I only have one question: Does our president have an updated Excel spreadsheet that details every weapon (of mass destruction or otherwise) that this country contains?
Meanwhile, back at the sanatorium, Kim Jong Il and his slaves have finished reprocessing 8,000 spent fuel rods that will help them build six nuclear weapons, the kind that makes your whole body separate into its components, not just blisters. As of today. Not buried in the back 40 for 10 years. Hot and fresh, today.
However, Bush's congressional delegation was held back from checking out Il's WMD because "the timing was not appropriate." So, the current administration does know the meaning of the word diplomacy, and only cares to utilize said concept when fiscally easy for them. Oh, North Korea is a bit of a touchy situation for us right now, so we'll just keep our buddies, Pakistan and Japan, supplied with material to build nuclear weapons, just in case all hell breaks loose. Proliferation by our friends is better than non-proliferation by our enemies. That is fine and dandy, until they turn on us. What? We didn't get Christmas cards from the Taliban and Saddam this year? Why, I oughtta ...
Dr. Strangelove would be so proud.
Sources:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3386357.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3384815.stm