What WMDs? Updated x 2, and July 3 update

Poles Find Chemical Munitions in Iraq, seventeen of them, no less. And an additional two containing cyclosarin, a substance many times stronger than sarin. Of course, the NYT and The Guardian are only reporting this just because they are part of The Vast Right Wing Conspiracy. . .

UpdatePoliPundit examines a dozen items of American Mythology 2004. The lengthy post is a must-read.

Update Lest we become too full of ourselves, Panel: Global Intel Failure Led to Iraq WMD Belief. But what about that May 18 UN Report, what was found earlier this year, and what the Poles found this week?

July 3 update Safire has a most reasonable conculsion: “In the months and years ahead, we are highly likely (almost wrote “sure”) to get more evidence from seekers after W.M.D. truth. These range from the new Iraqi government to ousted officials, from the coalition’s official team to freelance former spooks and serious journalists.

Don’t jump to hasty derision. As Mark Twain advised, the problem is not just what we don’t know, but what we do know that ain’t so.