Saddam Hussein did not vigorously pursue a program ...

It's kaput. The entire case for invading Iraq is kaput, smoldering like a shock-n-awed Hussein palace. No longer can George say "Saddam was a gathering threat." Saddam was writing novels while his staff told him what he wanted to hear. No longer can George say "Saddam supported terror and was linked to Al Qaeda," since Rumsfeld (and Dick Cheney last night) have at last admitted there was "no strong evidence of a tie" between the two. No longer can Bush claim that Al Qaeda was operating freely inside Iraq before the invasion, because the CIA just released a report that says the primary operatives in Iraq were clearly in the no-fly zone outside of Saddam's control; no collusion. How will George justify his war at the Friday debate? He can no longer say it was necessary because Saddam refused to dis-arm. It's hard to dis-arm when there's no arm to dis.