Report Discounts Iraqi Arms Threat (washingtonpost.com)

Report Discounts Iraqi Arms Threat (washingtonpost.com)

Not only did Iraq not have weapons of mass destruction, its basic military capabilities were crumbling. Saddam was far from being an immediate, imminent threat; he rather was a tinpot dictator, filling his time writing romantic novels. The threat evolved later, after the US troops had invaded: Iraq became a magnet and central point for the Islamic rejection of Western values.