Frank Gaffney, Center for Security Policy (he hyped the Bush excuses)
David Kay, former UN Chief Weapons Inspector, Iraq Survey Group
Terrence Taylor, former UN Chief Weapons Inspector
Summary of testimony:
1) Iraq created most of its sarin between 1982-1988
2) Iraq had a tremendous chemical weapons program in the 1980s
3) UN largely destroyed Iraq's chemical weapons capacity
4) Rants about sarin from Bush administration was totally uninformed b/c the sarin was low grade, degrading, and not very abundant.
5) Best quality chemical agent in Iraq (mustard) is the one the Iraqis least liked to use and accordingly didn't make much after the mid80s
6) Chemical weapons from WWI are discovered frequently in Europe so its not surprising that 80s era munitions have been found in Iraq
7) The primary danger from current chemical munitions in Iraq is attempting to locate and dispose of weapons that are poorly marked (if at all) and in poor condition.
8) Kay laid into the lack of planning to control weapon depots in Iraq after Bush War 2003 started.
9) Kay noted he had neither the funding, resources, or security to actually look for all of the chemical weapons in Iraq.
10) Kay gave a smackdown history lesson about where the term Weapons of Mass Destruction came from . . . that it was a Soviet propaganda term from the Cold War.
11) There's probably nothing in Iraq that's even in the ballpark of being comparable to Russian chemical munitions.
Tools like Curt Weldon tried to put a new dress on this pig but he his agenda was transparent. He made up history, terms, and numbers at will.
David Kay, former UN Chief Weapons Inspector, Iraq Survey Group
Terrence Taylor, former UN Chief Weapons Inspector
Summary of testimony:
1) Iraq created most of its sarin between 1982-1988
2) Iraq had a tremendous chemical weapons program in the 1980s
3) UN largely destroyed Iraq's chemical weapons capacity
4) Rants about sarin from Bush administration was totally uninformed b/c the sarin was low grade, degrading, and not very abundant.
5) Best quality chemical agent in Iraq (mustard) is the one the Iraqis least liked to use and accordingly didn't make much after the mid80s
6) Chemical weapons from WWI are discovered frequently in Europe so its not surprising that 80s era munitions have been found in Iraq
7) The primary danger from current chemical munitions in Iraq is attempting to locate and dispose of weapons that are poorly marked (if at all) and in poor condition.
8) Kay laid into the lack of planning to control weapon depots in Iraq after Bush War 2003 started.
9) Kay noted he had neither the funding, resources, or security to actually look for all of the chemical weapons in Iraq.
10) Kay gave a smackdown history lesson about where the term Weapons of Mass Destruction came from . . . that it was a Soviet propaganda term from the Cold War.
11) There's probably nothing in Iraq that's even in the ballpark of being comparable to Russian chemical munitions.
Tools like Curt Weldon tried to put a new dress on this pig but he his agenda was transparent. He made up history, terms, and numbers at will.
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