# How long should it take to find the WMDs in Iraq? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [May 9, 2003, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-should-it-take-to-find-the-wmds-in-iraq/174133 "2003-05-09T16:11:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![TVAA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c57346/32.png) [@TVAA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVAA)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-should-it-take-to-find-the-wmds-in-iraq/174133/121 "2003-09-17T12:30:03Z")
Nah. I never swallowed that one. C’mon, give me one I’m not aware of. You know, I should start a thread about this… ---
**Author:** ![Desmostylus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@Desmostylus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desmostylus)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-should-it-take-to-find-the-wmds-in-iraq/174133/122 "2003-09-17T12:38:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TVAA \* > **C’mon, give me one I’m not aware of.** Remember that Jim Carrey film _The Truman Show_? It was a fictional representation of a real show, called the _TVAA Show_, that everyone except you watches on TV every day. 😉 \ ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Duality](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.duality/32/4098_2.png) [@Mr.Duality](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Duality)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-should-it-take-to-find-the-wmds-in-iraq/174133/123 "2003-09-17T16:12:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by flonks \* > \*\*I don’t see how. Very loyal special forces team rushes in, “creates” evidence, and after 2 months - oh my god, what bastards these Iraqis are! \*\* You underestimate the tenacity and resourcefulness of the international press. Recall the aluminum tubes and the so-called chemical weapons trailers? Bush, Cheney and company said the aluminum tubes were for enriching uranium and the trailers were for manufacturing biological or chemical weapons. The international media discredited those statements, providing information indicating the tubes were for artillery rockets and the trailers were for manufacturing hydrogen. ---
**Author:** ![flonks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3ab097/32.png) [@flonks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flonks)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-should-it-take-to-find-the-wmds-in-iraq/174133/124 "2003-09-17T16:19:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mr. Duality \* > \*\*You underestimate the tenacity and resourcefulness of the international press. Recall the aluminum tubes and the so-called chemical weapons trailers? Bush, Cheney and company said the aluminum tubes were for enriching uranium and the trailers were for manufacturing biological or chemical weapons. The international media discredited those statements, providing information indicating the tubes were for artillery rockets and the trailers were for manufacturing hydrogen. \*\* That’s true. But that’s because the tubes and the trailors where **really** Iraq’s material. If we suppose that somebody wants to create evidence, then the guys will make sure that the material they bring over is used for WMDs only. If we also suppose that the stuff you buy on the black market (from ex-soviet labs etc.) is not traded with invoices anyway, then it should not be hard to create convincing evidence. ---
**Author:** ![SentientMeat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SentientMeat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SentientMeat)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-should-it-take-to-find-the-wmds-in-iraq/174133/125 "2003-09-17T16:23:45Z")
As **Mr. Duality** points out, such an operation would be exceptionally risky. If any kind of chemical or forensic test established that the finds were not genuine, it would very definitely be a matter for resignation similar to Watergate. Of course, this whole thread is about the same being said about the entire _cassus belli_ in the first place. What makes it special is that it was being said by **conservatives!** ---
**Author:** ![ChaosGod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ac91a4/32.png) [@ChaosGod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChaosGod)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-should-it-take-to-find-the-wmds-in-iraq/174133/126 "2003-09-18T14:52:13Z")
hmmmm, One has to wonder if they are, at some level, considering it. I mean, they have done stuff like that in the past. (project northwoods for example) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-should-it-take-to-find-the-wmds-in-iraq/174133.md?page=6)