John, please listen again to that link. Gore's speech is a lucid and convincing report on facts I doubt that you would try to refute. And unlsess I missed an important facet he didn't even mention Bush senior's failure to pursue Saddam into Iraq, per se; he is talking forcefully about Bush's record of enabling Saddam.

And do please keep in mind that this speech concerning what Saddam had in possession and was planning for the future was given before the US sanctions against Iraq and the No Fly Zones, measures that severely crippled Saddam's options.

In actuality I am stunned at the speech. I don't know to whom it was given but it is so much more than the sound bytes we are accustomed to these days.