[mburbank]

I still hope we DO find WMD, no matter who it 'helps' or 'hurts'. I'd sleep a whole lot easier if I thought all that death and destruction and distraction from Al Quaeda paid for by tax dollars was about something real.

"it's also true that the onger allied troops are in Iraq, the greater the chances of us finding something becomes. "

That's only true if something's there to be found. If there isn't, the chances stay exactly the same every day. It's also true the longer we stay there WITHOUT finding anything the further credability is stretched.

I'd wager if something isn't found by a month before the election something will suddenly turn up. And if it turns out to be just more Nigerian Yellowcake, well, we won't know that until after the election is over. The closer they get to the election the more suspect the claim will be. THAT's why the yellowcake fiasco is SO stupid. W. could have made his case without it, but because somebody HAD to go with it (Chenney?) now whatever claims are made are instantly tainted.

I hope they find something massive, incontravertable and soon. The Blowback for our country if they don't may even be more severe than another W. administration.