by Patrick J. Buchanan – September 16, 2002

By most opinion surveys, the majority that supports the president’s resolve to invade Iraq has been shrinking. But were Saddam close to getting an atom bomb, four in five Americans would back a pre-emptive war.

Thus, the administration and the Brits last week have trumpeted a report by the International Institute of Strategic Studies on Iraq’s progress and got the headline they wanted in the London Evening Standard: “Saddam A-Bomb ‘Within Months’”

A look at that IISS report, however, suggests the Evening Standard is dishing up war propaganda as news. What does it say?