The CrotchBomber and WMDs

January 11, 2010 at 1:47 am

As we’ve always suspected, what makes up a Weapon of Mass Destruction (which we are continually being told by the BBC weren’t found in Iraq despite the discovery of saarin, mustard gas, and other chemical weapons, and various prison sentences for those who used them in Iraq or those who sold them) is open to debate depending on who is in the dock.

On Twitter, “SeeDubya” notes hand grenades were once judged to be WMDs, having been almost used in a foiled 2006 Christmastime terrorist attack on an Illinois mall, yet in Iraq the only thing that would have satisfied the Left that Saddam had WMDs would have been discovering a giant SPECTRE-sized Ken Adam-styled laboratory with men in white lab coats hard at work caught in the act. But as Elizabeth Blackney, AKA “Media Lizzy” notes on her Facebook page, the definition of WMDs has changed again:

Just read Abdulmutallab charging docs. He’s charged w/having a Weapon of Mass Destruction. Hmm. So, since we’re using the ‘criminal’ standard, shouldn’t all those thousands of pounds of mortars, bombs, missiles, etc in Iraq as WMDs? (leaving yellowcake out of it, since that was sold to Canada for energy)

A bit of media balance would be nice, but of course when it comes to a bit of Obama-protecting Dubya bashing, the dead tree press only works in one direction.