Distraction

zombie comments at Ace of Spades,

Of course there were WMDs.

Many were destroyed leading up to, during and immediately after the invasion.

Many were indeed carted of to Syria.

And the remnants were found in situ in Iraq.

But the media down-down-downplayed these to such an extent they they successfully "buried" the news.

Furthermore, and I'm shocked no one cites it anymore, is that the invasion was not based on the existence of WMDs, but rather than Saddam had violated many of the agreements set in place after Gulf War I and the Clinton era. And if he violated the agreements, the the ceasefire was over, according to what was agreed.

The whole "Where are the WMDs?" question was and remains a distraction from the real (and valid) reasons for the resumption of war.