The Threat was Real

You need to get your hands on the latest issue of National Review, or subscribe online. The April 10th cover story, "The Threat Saddam Posed" has great detail about Saddam's WMD capabilities right up to the eve of the war. One document, undated, describes a conversation in which Saddam refers to the 15th as when the action could happen anytime, and he wants the chem-bio to be prepared.

Remember this story about the Russians' tipping off Saddam before the war? Houston Chronicle:

In the end, one piece of Russian intelligence actually contributed to an important U.S. military deception effort. By telling Saddam that the main attack on Baghdad would not begin until the Army's 4th Infantry Division arrived around April 15, the Russians reinforced an impression that U.S. commanders were trying to catch the Iraqis by surprise.

The attack on Baghdad began well before the 4th Infantry arrived, and the government collapsed quickly.

So our quick advance may have saved our soldiers from a chem-bio attack.