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Weapons of...what were they called again?

Newsweek has an interview with Robin Cook, former British foreign secretary, on the issues of Weapons of Mass Destruction, the justification for pre-emptive war with Iraq and what it means for the future. I particularly liked this response:

Isn’t it possible that Saddam Hussein ordered their destruction, as U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has suggested?

No. I don’t think it’s even remotely possible. I just cannot follow the Rumsfeld logic; that watching CNN and seeing the American build-up Saddam said to his generals, “It’s obvious that the U.S. is going to invade; we had better destroy our biggest weapons, so that when I am toppled there might be some very difficult questions for Donald Rumsfeld to answer.”

But it's all good....