Bush's Iraq Proposal
...ild a nuclear bomb. However they do lack the weapons-grade plutonium, the essential part to any atomic bomb. On top of the ability to build a nuclear bomb, Iraq also can very easily build any type of biological weapon. Foxnews.com reports that “Iraq's weapons could include: --The nerve agent VX, regarded as the most toxic of chemical weapons. --The nerve agent sarin, a liquid or gas that causes a choking, thrashing death. --Mustard gas, a blistering agent that can dissolve flesh on contact and severely damage the eyes and lungs. --Anthrax, the deadly bacteria used in the mail attacks on government and the news media last year. --Botulinum toxin, a substance produced by bacteria that causes paralysis and death. --Aflatoxin, a poison produced by a grain-eating fungus. Inspectors say Saddam probably has made more such weapons in the four years since the U.N. teams left Iraq. Botulinum toxin and anthrax -- that is not speculation, they have produced both. One would expect that over the last four years they would have produced them again.” Fox News also reported that “From 1991-1995 the Iraqi regime said it had no biological or chemical weapons," Bush said. After a science team defected, Iraq admitted that it had enough anthrax to load it onto SCUD missiles and in other dispersal mechanisms.” The fact that Iraq is close to completing an atomic bomb and probably have reserves of biological weapons are just a few of the reasons that President Bush wants to disarm Hussein. Saddam could not only use these weapons against the United States in a direct attack, but Iraq is also the largest terrorist state in the world. Iraq not only funds terrorist groups, but provides them with weapons. This quote from Donald Rumsfeld as reported by CNN.com explains other reasons why Washington believes military force against Iraq is necessary. “No other living dictator matches Saddam Hussein's record of waging aggressive war against his neighbors said. "pursuing weapons of mass destruction, using them against his own people, launching missiles against his neighbors, brutalizing and torturing his own citizens, harboring terrorist networks, engaging in terrorist acts including the attempted assassination of foreign officials, violating international commitments, lying and hiding his W.M.D. [weapons of mass destruction] programs from inspectors, deceivin...