How Can They Have It Both Ways?

First they tell us that Saddam had weapons, key word had. Then they come out and report, right before the attack on Baghdad, that Iraq is weapons free. We go to war, change Iraq forever, and they tell us Bush lied. He lied about weapons, he exaggerated the intelligence, there were no weapons of mass destruction, and they were not involved in making WMD. The last two have been used for years now by the extreme left, by the democrats, by the press, and by everyone who does not like President Bush.
Now the U. N. has a report from weapons inspectors that says material and technology that can be used for the production of WMD is missing since the start of the war. Wait a minute, I thought there were no weapons. And if Saddam was not trying to build any, why would there be material and technology missing? The report states that on top of material and technology that can be used for the production of chemical and biological weapons, there were also materials to design and build long-range missiles. Missiles like the ones that were banned from Iraq by the U.N.
Who is right? If this UNMOVIC report is right, then so was President Bush, bottom-line. And all these people who yelled about the lies will now start yelling and asking where these weapons and materials have gone. I can tell you where they have gone, the Baqaa Valley in Syria near the border with Lebanon. It is just like people on the right have been saying all along. And is it not convenient that now Syria is testing Scud missiles? Coincidence?
If you go and read the stories about the report, you will see that the report is based on satellite imaging of the regions suspected of being WMD production sites. The report came from analysis of before and after images. What strikes me funny is that when the U.S., prior to the Iraq war, was talking about satellite images showing massive amounts of trucks moving from Iraq over the Syrian border it was brushed off as lies. Now the U.N. reports using the same analysis. Are they lying too?
We were right. The Iraq war was right. We should now keep a very close eye on Syria. I do believe they are next.