It's pretty hard to have only a lukewarm opinion on these issues, and there's sufficient diversity of views around here to ensure that arguments on political topics are fractious and unenlightening. So we tend to avoid those.
I highly recommend these articles, which describe a similar thought process:
And there are plenty of objective facts about the Iraq war that are known. Not all in the world is a matter of opinion, no matter how much some wingnuts (on both sides) wish it were.
We ignore this at our peril. But overall, you're right. Little is ever gained from political debate, and this probably isn't the place for it.
Without judgment of your claims about WMD and the Iraq War, I'd recommend that you take a look at the HN guidelines on comments and submissions:
http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
It's pretty hard to have only a lukewarm opinion on these issues, and there's sufficient diversity of views around here to ensure that arguments on political topics are fractious and unenlightening. So we tend to avoid those.
I highly recommend these articles, which describe a similar thought process:
http://www.overcomingbias.com/2007/02/politics_is_the.html
http://www.overcomingbias.com/2007/03/policy_debates_.html