The almost lockstep spin in the media is that the Iraq WMD report, released yesterday, proves the President was a deluded fool to go to war. A bit of historical perspective -- strangely missing from most news stories we've seen -- is all it takes to see the speciousness of this view: That Saddam had WMD's was the consensus of the world's intelligence agencies (not just ours), and several independent studies at the time. Congresspersons with access to the same information as the President voted to attack -- including John Kerry, member of the Senate Intelligence Committee.

The assertion of some that the UN Inspectors under the ineffectual Hans Blix would have discovered this if we'd only let them continue working is silly: 12 preceding years of that idea in action is its own refutation.

The real news from Charles Duelfer's report should be these facts:

• Saddam was producing the deadly poison Ricin right under Hans Blix's nose.

• Saddam, we now know, actively planned to wait out the Inspectors, have the UN sanctions (which he had circumvented anyway, thanks to the endemic corruption and naïveté of the UN), and then restart his dormant chemical, biological, and even nuclear weapons programs.

Yes, we didn't have accurate intelligence on Saddam's weapons. No, we haven't found any. But was he still a real threat? Should we have trusted him -- or the UN Inspection process? Does this prove the President's judgement was flawed? No. It proves he is a visionary, even without reliable intelligence.

Find out what Mr. Duelfer's report REALLY says, here.