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Why the Duelfer Report's Finding That Iraq Had No Weapons of Mass Destruction Provides Justification for Having Attacked Iraq in Order to Rid It of Weapons of Mass Destruction

Calvin Trillin

October 14, 2004

Why the Duelfer Report’s Finding That Iraq Had No Weapons of Mass Destruction Provides Justification for Having Attacked Iraq in Order to Rid It of Weapons of Mass Destruction

Though all his weapons programs were Abandoned and defunct for sure, Saddam had weapons on his mind. Since sanctions had him in a bind, The man was forced to concentrate On wily schemes to extricate Himself from sanctions and postpone His dreams of weapons all his own. So sanctions couldn’t have worked, you see. Not clear to you? It’s clear to me.

Calvin TrillinCalvin Trillin is The Nation’s “deadline poet.”


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