Yes, I do believe that Iraq had WMD's. I mean, there's no question about that, Saddam used them on the Kurds in the 80's. Besides that, we GAVE him the technology to do it when Iraq was fighting Iran.

However, I DON'T believe that he had them after the Gulf War when the UN went in and commanded him to destroy them. I believe he did, and then wouldn't let inspectors in anymore, because, quite honestly, he had already destroyed them. Why continue the inspections if there aren't anymore weapons? (I'm not saying I believe this, I'm saying it's probably what Saddam was thinking.)

What I do believe he had in mind was to keep the scientists around, and when the pressure was off, he'd start making them again. Problem was, the pressure never left him, so he couldn't restock his supplies.

I, unlike you, DO care how we look to the rest of the world. Because the worse we look, the more Bin Ladens rise up in the Middle East. And by toppling Saddam, we've ruined the balance of power in the middle east, so now we have to occupy Iraq to bring order. And since occupation is the FIRST thing to set off the Muslims, you KNOW there's five or six Bin Ladens being created in Iraq right now.

It is wonderful that Saddam is out of power, but we have to turn the power over to the Iraqi people and get out as soon as possible. The longer we are there, the more the Muslims will hate us.