WMD lies

George W.Bush awarded Geroge Tenet the Presidential Medal of Freedom. According to Randy Scholield in Common Dreams, the person who really should have received it was Scott Ritter, the former chief UN weapons inspector who was sayiikng all along that there were no WMDs in Iraq:

He was adamant: Saddam Hussein had no WMDs -- at least none of any consequence or that posed an imminent danger to the United States. Certainly nothing that would warrant a rushed invasion. "We can't go to war based on rhetoric and speculation," he told the crowd. "We'd better make sure there is a threat out there worth fighting."

He argued that 90 percent to 95 percent of Saddam's WMDs had been dismantled by the U.N. inspection team in which he served from 1991 to 1998. And that Saddam was otherwise well-contained by U.S. forces.

Now we know: He was right.

You've probably heard that the Bush administration this week quietly called off the weapons search.

There aren't any WMD stockpiles. As in none. Zip. And, no, they weren't moved to Syria.

The weapons didn't exist.

And thusly, the US has closed down its search for WMDs after two years of futile "searhing.". Not only that, but misleading the American people is a serious offense. By doing so in claiming that Iraq had WMDs, he committted a criminal offense. Matthew Good said that at minimum, Bush should be impeached, and at best, he should be tried for war crimes.