Quote:There's also reports that the White House at the time knew Iraq no longer possessed WMD's but had already taken the decision to attack in the near future and all they needed was a reason to do so. They simply made the intelligence fit the policies already in place and away they went. And reading through the Telegraph's article I get the distinct impression anything stored there requires means way beyond the capability of ISIS to weaponize, it's all "potentially" and "possibly". Having deadly chemicals and having WMD's are not the same thing. 

 

The UN sanctions related to WMDs didn't differentiate between materials used to make chemical weapons, and actual weapons of mass destruction.  If the materials exist, which the report I posted above indicates they do, and both Sarin and Mustard Gas are capable of being weaponized, it can't be just dismissed just because they're not already weaponized.  ISIS now has control over this material unless something has changed recently.  If you don't think they would leverage this material in some manner to create havoc, I've got a bridge I would like to sell you. 

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