Judith Miller was the root of the false WMD and other Bush lies getting published by the NYTimes because her editor(s) failed to properly vet her stories. Then, rightwingers I argued with about the war never failed to cite "even the NYTimes said it" - as if because the story was in some allegedly liberal media rather than Fox News I should give it the credence I wouldn't have had it come from Fox.
Iraq did have some chemical weapons which were found... because we GAVE Iraq the chemicals when they were ostensibly an ally.