Iraq and WMDs: John Edwards lies like a lawyer

It comes as no surprise to regular Davespeakers that I really don't like former Sen. John Edwards (D-xNC). He's plaintive's attorney and exactly the wrong sort of person to send either to the Senate or to The White House. But get this from today's Washington Post:

Almost three years ago we went into Iraq to remove what we were told -- and what many of us believed and argued -- was a threat to America. But in fact we now know that Iraq did not have weapons of mass destruction when our forces invaded Iraq in 2003. The intelligence was deeply flawed and, in some cases, manipulated to fit a political agenda.

Iraq did not have Weapons of Mass Destruction? As has been show in this space, he most certainly did -- 2 tonnes of enriched uranium counts as a WMD.

He's either a willfully ignorant goober or a lying trial lawyer. Take your pick.

And thank G-d he's not the president.

Iraq and WMDs: what prominent Democrats said

Here's a handy list. Some Winners:

"There is unmistakable evidence that Saddam Hussein is working aggressively to develop nuclear weapons and will likely have nuclear weapons within the next five years."
— Floor statement of Sen. Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia, vice chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Oct. 10, 2002.

"I consider the prospect of a nuclear-armed Saddam Hussein who can threaten not only his neighbors, but the stability of the region and the world, a very serious threat to the United States."
— Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York at a Jan. 22, 2003, press conference.

"Iraq's search for weapons of mass destruction has proven impossible to deter and we should assume that it will continue for as long as Saddam is in power."
— From an address by Al Gore to the Commonwealth Club of California, Sept. 23, 2002.