[link|http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/iraq/kay-20031008.html|What, you thought I'd forgotten about that?]

Excerpt 1:

While searching for retained weapons, ISG teams have developed multiple sources that indicate that Iraq explored the possibility of CW production in recent years, possibly as late as 2003. When Saddam had asked a senior military official in either 2001 or 2002 how long it would take to produce new chemical agent and weapons, he told ISG that after he consulted with CW experts in OMI he responded it would take six months for mustard. Another senior Iraqi chemical weapons expert in responding to a request in mid-2002 from Uday Husayn for CW for the Fedayeen Saddam estimated that it would take two months to produce mustard and two years for Sarin.

Excerpt 2:

With regard to Iraq's nuclear program, the testimony we have obtained from Iraqi scientists and senior government officials should clear up any doubts about whether Saddam still wanted to obtain nuclear weapons. They have told ISG that Saddam Husayn remained firmly committed to acquiring nuclear weapons. These officials assert that Saddam would have resumed nuclear weapons development at some future point. Some indicated a resumption after Iraq was free of sanctions. At least one senior Iraqi official believed that by 2000 Saddam had run out of patience with waiting for sanctions to end and wanted to restart the nuclear program. The Iraqi Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC) beginning around 1999 expanded its laboratories and research activities and increased its overall funding levels. This expansion may have been in initial preparation for renewed nuclear weapons research, although documentary evidence of this has not been found, and this is the subject of continuing investigation by ISG.

I say:

Desrt Storm and Desert Fox set him way back, but made no difference to his resolve. Containment is never more than a temporary measure. The longer you attempt it, the greater the chance the threat will find a way to escape. But if you don't buy this argument, I suggest you contact the feds and offer them a deal: they can bury their nuclear waste in your back yard - in properly secured containers, of course - for a modest fee.

I for one sleep a little easier knowing that he's no longer is a position to pursue these capabilities.