I have to tell you, even as an anti-war person, I am surprised that he didn't have any chemical weapons. Or I should say, that it does not appear that he still possessed any banned weapons at this time. I am honestly surprised, as are most people, I think.
So why was I against invading Iraq, if in fact I
did believe that he had banned weapons? I did not believe that he posed any threat to the U.S., especially w/ the inspectors having free reign of his country, including Presidential compounds, as they did in the beginning of '03.
I do not believe that Colin Powell would, or did, get up in front of the U.N. and lie. I have a ton of respect for him, including his intellect, and I would be very disappointed to find out that I am wrong about him. As for the neocon cabal that is really running policy in D.C., (Cheney/Wolfowitz/Perle/Rumsfeld/etc.), I've
always known that they were lying about Iraq, (and most everything else). They're lower than whale ***** on the bottom of the ocean.
Yes, they lied about their certainty of Iraq's threat, (WMD), and cynically used 9/11 to manipulate public opinion in order to sell the invasion, but this is unfortunately old hat by now. The real issue is WTF do we do now, with soldiers dying by the day and billions a month going into a black hole that now threatens the
world economy. 