David Cortright, Alistair Millar and George A. Lopez in David Little and Gerhard Beestermöller, eds., Iraq: Threat and Response, (Hamberg, LitVerlag Publishers, 2003), 127-149.

The authors argue that past policies of sanctions and inspections confined the worst intentions of the Hussein regime and so undermined his capabilities as to render Iraq not much of a threat - much less an immediate threat - to the United States or the region. They illustrate the argument with reference to the specific weapons that were labeled as threats but have since been destroyed or rendered inactive.

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