Nothing in my posting mentioned nuclear weapons, Teribus; but I certainly DO recall, early in the "game", dire statements about "mushroom clouds". And I refuse to believe that, while your memory is nothing if not selective,you you do not recall such reference in the "whip-up" which preceded the assault on Iraq. And, may I suggest the statement "mushroom cloud" does not, in the minds of most modern humans, conjure up visions of a cloud of mushrooms...
    And I hardly think that Colin Powell made those ridiculous presentations at the U.N. about chemical weapon facilities, etc., without the approval, and probable urging , from the string-pullers [no prizes for their identities]. What bitter regrets that man Powell must have!
Finally, I trust that you do not harbour any illusions regarding my attitudes to the administration of William Clinton,as the text of your last posting seems to imply. He too was a favourite role model for Tony Blair and his crawlies, and anything he accomplished in Iraq [or Kosovo]added up to a big negative. The slaughter of civilians didn't start with the illegal invasion;it had been going on for ten years, both by sanctions and by bombing.