How the Weapons Disappeared by George Bush

>the ‘infidels’? Why should a good soldier
Fiction. That literary genre, supposed to be fordestroy his weapons in the center of battle?
dreamers, is growing fast. Not in the number of writersAnd this raises another question. What happens when
churning out fairy tales, but even amongnuclear weapons are exploded? Or was it that
politicians—first citizens. And the number one citizenSaddam carried out a controlled, secretive, clever
of the world for that matter—the President of thedestruction of those weapons? This Saddam Hussein
United States!must be a genius of a kind—out of this world!
Not that George Bush actually wrote an epic novel.But Bush has another reason, if you are an unbeliever.
But what he told Fox News recently, if crafted into aThird reason. ‘It might have been transported to
story, could make a best seller and go on to win theother countries.’
next Pulitzer. When asked why he invaded Iraq on theThis is the tag line. So Saddam carried those weapons
excuse that the country possessed weapons of massto other countries undetected by the U.S. satellites and
destruction when it actually had none, the Presidentall the intelligence agents? Did he transport them by air,
gave three reasons as to how the weaponsland, sea or through an underground tunnel? (Kudos to
disappeared.Saddam—the Arab born James Bond.)
First reason. ‘It might have been destroyed duringIf this story is true, then the world is not safe yet.
the war.’Because the unnamed countries—multiple axis of
He meant that the fighting army during the war in Iraqevil—would use the weapons to precipitate
destroyed the weapons of mass destruction. Perhaps‘Armageddon’ just when we think that the
those heavy military tanks shelling into the desertdanger has been averted. Or if they have good
country destroyed it. Or those bombing military planes.intentions, or if they do not know how to operate Iraqi
In that case, the weapons were not hiddenmissiles, they might just return these weapons to the
underground when the UN inspectors visited beforenext democratic government in Iraq. And then the
the war. Or they were bribed. The weapons werecircus continues.
conspicuously displayed in buildings—within the reachNow away from fiction. Let the truth be told. Did Iraq
of everyone, even enemy army.have any weapons of mass destruction prior to the
If this were so, we should hold theseinvasion? No, the UN inspectors said so. And the
‘liberators’ accountable for destroying thisformer U.S. weapon chief, David Kay, also supports it.
very bit of evidence. Not only did they destroy theThen was Bush right in going to war? Though he tried
weapons, they incinerated everything and scooped theto invent reasons to justify the war in the interview, it
ashes into the River Tigres so that David Kaymust be said that there was no justification for it.
couldn’t find any evidence. I propose that anIn my controversial book, CHASING SHADOWS!: A
International Court be set up to try these servicemenDream; I wrote that we are fighting terror with the
and women for destroying weapons of masswrong weapons. What causes terrorism? Such
destruction. And the ‘members of the coalition ofsenseless wars and other injustices are the root
the willing’ should be re-named ‘members ofcause of this evil. So we are not solving the problem,
the coalition of destruction.’but fueling it.
But if you are so skeptical not to believe this, there isAnd this world will fare badly….
another story.ARTHUR ZULU, an editor and book reviewer, is the
Second reason. ‘They might have been destroyedauthor of the controversial book, CHASING
by Saddam.’SHADOWS!: A Dream. (A book that reveals the
My God! there is nothing that this Saddam can not do.terrorists’ master plan to finally set the world on
Even in the midst of the war, he managed to destroyfire!
his dangerous weapons. But did he not need it to fight