Ah but Aaronovitch would never backtrack...I remember David telling us he would never believe anything again until Jason and the crew of the Argo actually returned with the legendary Golden Fleece of Colchis, or something like that anyway: they must just be on their way home still...

"If nothing is eventually found, I — as a supporter of the war — will never believe another thing that I am told by our government or that of the US ever again. And more to the point, neither will anyone else. The weapons had better be somewhere."