7x6andchg: Gentlemen, Gentlemen...
It is true that absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. To pretend that we, as citizens, are told everything our government does or thinks, even as open as our society is (relatively speaking), is ridiculous.
No, they have not, to date, found any WMD in Iraq. As Pecker points out, this may be due to the fact that we haven't really had time to find it yet. It may have been shipped overseas. There may not have been any to begin with. WE DON'T KNOW.
That said, this is turning into a political name-calling fest. I think we can discuss a policy of agression versus pre-emption without lambasting each other.
Personally speaking, I lean towards agression - from the beginning to me this seemed to be a "cause celebre" for this administration. I say seemed because I don't honestly know, I just know the feeling I get from the press secretary and policy wonks on the payroll at 1600 Penn. Ave NW...and Wolfowitz, Rumsfeld, and Co seem rather...hawkish to me.
Again, my opinion, and my opinion alone - no facts here.