Weapons of mass destruction aren't pulled out of a black hat like a white rabbit at a magic show. They're produced in factories. There's science and technology involved. They're not produced in a hole in the ground or in a basement.

It is hard as an American to support the failure of American military operations in Iraq. Such failure will bring with it the death and wounding of many American service members, and many more Iraqis.

I haven't exaggerated anything, I've stuck to the facts.

I love my country more than anything. I spent 12 years in the United States Marine Corps. I know what it means to defend this country.

Our guys working this area for a living all believe Chalabi and all those guys in their Bond Street suits are charlatans. To take them for a source of anything except a fantasy trip would be a real stretch. But it's an article of faith among those with no military experience that the Iraqi military is low-hanging fruit.

There has been no case made - based on anything other than speculation - that Iraq poses a threat.

I can train a monkey to wave an American flag. That does not make the monkey patriotic.