WMDs: the biggest lie of all
Chemical and biological weapons are a red herring. They are banned because they provide low-cost defence to poor nations. Cluster bombs are just as lethal. By Dan Rosenheck
It is easy to forget what the advocates and adversaries of going to war with Iraq had in common. Neither side would tolerate Saddam Hussein possessing chemical and biological weapons; only the question of how to disarm him divided Britain. The possibility that he might have "weapons of mass destruction" (WMDs) temporarily convinced a majority of Americans and Britons to support the war
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