During Bush's recent press conference, he made a point of saying that just as Iraq was destroying some of its Al Samoud II missiles, it was building others. At the time, Bush offered no evidence for this claim. Has anyone heard anymore about this one way or another? Bush shouldn't have made that statement at the press conference unless he supported it with evidence. Also, if it turns out that it is false, Bush should say so. If Saddam had been building new missiles as he destroyed others, that would be really provocative on Saddam's part.
Here is an excerpt from Bush's recent press conference concerning the Al Samoud II missiles: "Iraq's dictator has made a public show of producing and destroying a few missiles, missiles that violate the restrictions set out more than 10 years ago. "Yet our intelligence shows that even as he is destroying these few missiles, he has ordered the continued production of the very same type of missiles." The above quote is more qualified than I thought it was. Bush never claims that Saddam is building more Al Samouds. Bush merely says that Saddam, "has ordered the continued production of the very same type of missiles." There is, of course, a difference between ordering the building of new Al Samouds and actually beginning the process of building them. Still, the Bush administration should have given us an update on this issue. It is, of course, important that the administration not disclose key intelligence sources. But when the American people must decide whether one's government ought to order an invasion of another country, it is important that we be given relevant information.