The case for removing Saddam Hussein from power in Iraq centered around his illegal possession of weapons of mass destruction. This would be a clear violation of UN Sanctions imposed upon his nation, as a result of the Kuwait invasion of 1991. Officials in the United States and around the world feared that the Iraq's President would one day use these weapons against us or one of our allies including Israel.

It was Secretary of State Colin Powell who brilliantly laid the case for weapons of mass destruction before the United Nations. This speech condemned Saddam as an imminent threat to the world. In the State of Union Address, President Bush insinuated that "Hussein tried to buy uranium from Niger for a nuclear program." Unfortunately for the Bush administration no weapons of mass destruction have been found so far in Iraq.

Yes attention has been diverted from our initial reason for war, and the rhetoric has changed to "now the world is a safer without Saddam," Bush seems to reiterate this often. What happened to these so called weapons? Two different theories come to mind. Maybe Saddam Hussein disarmed in an act to embarrass the United States. It is befuddling why this is rarely or not at all mentioned. It is not like Saddam did not have advance warning of the 2003 Iraq Occupation. If Hussein had any doubts in his mind, they should have been cleared up during the March 2003 interview with Dan Rather.

The more dangerous theory that comes to mind is that these weapons of mass destructions were stored in another country. Saddam probably could of got storage for weapons from some other nation. Due to the already uneasiness towards United States foreign policy surrounding the War in Iraq, we cannot accuse any country of accepting weapons of mass destruction from Iraq without capturing them with the goods in their hands and a positive dust for Saddam Hussein's fingerprints.

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