The crumbling of the conventional wisdom

Bush lied, people died.  There were no weapons of mass destruction.

On the heels of this story:

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/10/14/world/middleeast/us-casualties-of-iraq-chemical-weapons.html

and this followup:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/07/world/middleeast/-more-than-600-reported-chemical-weapons-exposure-in-iraq-pentagon-acknowledges.html?_r=0

comes this story about chemical weapons in Iraq:

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/16/world/cia-is-said-to-have-bought-and-destroyed-iraqi-chemical-weapons.html?_r=1&assetType=nyt_now

So there were chemical weapons in Iraq?

Not saying that justifies the war, but it does cast doubt on one of the key arguments of the left.