Finally a weapon of mass destruction from Iraq has been found. What was the weapon? Sarin nerve gas? Anthrax? A 10 kiloton nuclear weapon? Acutally it’s none of the above. Instead the weapon is a report by Charles Duefler stating that Iraq didn’t have any weapons of mass destruction at all.
You’re probably saying to yourself, “Wait a minute, isn’t the title of this post ‘Why the Duelfer Report Doesn’t Matter’?”
Why, yes, yes it is.
“Then why doesn’t it matter if you are also saying that it is a weapon of mass destruction?”
The reason it does not matter is that no one in the press has the balls to challenge the press on it. Until the media steps up and asks the question, “Mr. President, when did you know that Saddam Hussein did not have WMDs?” Then again to think of it, that’s a horrible question to ask him, given how he likes to play fast and loose with the facts. It wouldn’t be too hard for him to say, “Well it was Wednesday when I found out that.”
The root of the problems we have in Iraq today goes back to a press that has been more than cowered into the corner by the Bush White House. I’m not meaning they have to assholes when they actually get a press conference with the man, but they can’t just toss him softballs.
So ultimately a report that would have caused a great amount of problems for the last president, will probably go softly into the dark night. Taht is until the time comes for the historians to tell us all that really happened right now.
