Well, that's what I'm saying. It was the threat of WMDs that we were told could hit European targets.
"Britain's biggest selling popular daily newspaper, The Sun, carried the headline "Brits 45 Mins from Doom", while the Star reported "Mad Saddam Ready to Attack: 45 Minutes from a Chemical War".
- From
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_Dossier
The lie was also enthusiastically peddled by our UK government too, that's for sure. And Dr David Kelly, the guy who spoke out and called them on it, ended up 'committing suicide'.
So, yes John, for hundreds of millions of people in Europe (many more people than in the United States) WMD was
the major issue, and it was for the rest of the world as well, hence Colin Powell making his big presentation it. It was pivotal.