Rick Santorum, Wonder Boy (my latest LTTE for your review)

I see by the papers that Rick Santorum, a Republican Senator from Pennsylvania, is again floating the idea around that weapons of mass destruction (WMD) have at last been found in Iraq. In one sense he’s right, but in another sense he’s horribly wrong.

When our troops invaded Iraq in 2003 in search of WMD they found no active, usable ones, but they did find lots of old missile remnants and disarmed warheads that still showed traces of the various toxins, such as mustard gas, that they had once contained. In fact, the existence of these relics shows that Saddam had actually disarmed after the first Gulf War, as he had been required to do.

Now Rick Santorum in his fantasy world has resurrected these dead weapon parts and is trying to pump new life into them, saying that they are actually the mythical WMD that we went into Iraq search of. Unfortunately, not even Bush’s Department of Defense will back Santorum on this whopper.

I’m basically a humane and compassionate person and so this latest nonsense of Santorum’s leaves me with a conundrum. I don’t know if it’s kinder to view Santorum as dangerously delusional or whether I should see him as a pathological liar. But as far as I can see, it has to be one or the other.

Sanctorum (sic) is running for re-election and sinking in the polls. That's why he's trumpeting this non-story.

weapons St. Ronnie and Rumsfratu sold Saddam, so we knew they were there all along.

I am constantly amazed that people do not know this.

That's the great thing about DU. One of the great things, anyway.

Correct to senator from representative and you have a letter very likely to be published.

Actually, I have a pretty good track record on letters. (Not to mention the many articles and one book I have written--if I may be permitted a slight narcissistic indulgence here).

and you can add 'Prognosticator Extraordinairre' to your track record.

great letter!
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