> accusations of WMD, and the insinuation they could be used against the US and/or Europe, were widely believed Were they widely believed? I know I was told t

> accusations of WMD, and the insinuation they could be used against the US and/or Europe, were widely believed Were they widely believed? I know I was told they were widely believed, but I never saw polls that confirmed that. Colin Powell was literally laughed at for claiming there were WMDs when addressing the UN and the UN inspectors were very clear there were none.