Oscar Jr. Was Here

WMD? -- Check

On NRO, Andrew Apostolou (proprietor of Apostablog) writes that the David Kay report on Iraqi "weapons of mass destriction" (WMD) "has validated the reason for going to war: Saddam's regime was not in compliance with its U.N. obligations." He continues:

Kay has actually done more than simply justify the war to oust Saddam by demonstrating a past history of Iraqi violations. Kay has shown that Iraq never had any intention of complying with the demands of the U.N. inspectors.

and concludes:

Saddam had clearly outsmarted Blix. But he did not fool the late Dr. David Kelly, the distinguished British arms inspector who committed suicide in July. Writing on the eve of the war, as the U.N. inspectors were about to depart, Kelly argued that: "The long-term threat, however, remains Iraq's development to military maturity of weapons of mass destruction — something that only regime change will avert." As Kay has now demonstrated, Kelly was right. Fortunately, George Bush and Tony Blair acted before it was too late.

You might want to read the whole thing.

Furthermore, the Power Line blog excerpts an email from Laurie Mylroie which provides additional detail.

Both posts seem utterly dispositive to me.

Update: The Power Line blog has more from Kay.

Posted by oscarjr at October 3, 2003 08:51 PM | TrackBack