Two headlines about the same story. First, from CNN.com...

"Kay: No weapons yet, but evidence of intent"

Next, from NYTimes.com...

"No Banned Arms Found in Iraq So Far, U.S. Inspector Confirms"

Isn't it funny how with just a headline a certain spin can be put on a story?

CNN tells us that Kay has found evidence of a biological weapons program. New York Times tells us nothing about this. According to CNN Kay says, "It's going to take time. The Iraqis had over two decades to develop these weapons, and hiding them was an essential part of their program." This suggests that there were weapons. Kay says "these weapons", not "these alleged weapons". Does he think there are weapons of mass destruction? If their quote is accurate it's quite obvious he does.

I don't know one way or the other. I do know this... We toppled the regime because supposedly there was evidence of WMD. The inspectors have more freedom to move about the country than they ever have in the past, and have found nothing of significance. Certainly nothing worth the lives of our men and women serving, not to mention innocent Iraqi civilians. Not yet. I personally have not ruled out that they will not find anything. I do think that if there were any weapons of the kind they are looking for, in an amount large enough to do significant damage, it would be difficult to hide something like that for a long time.

In other news, they say we are footing the bill to eradicate any mention of Saddam or the Baath Party from Iragi history books. Don't the Iraqis have money enough for this? Even if they don't, I think that if people wanted it as much as the Bush administration would have us believe, there should be a huge outpouring of generous offers of time and money from the Iraqi people.