I found it peculiar that those who wanted to take military action could - with 100 per cent certainty - know that the weapons existed and turn out to have zero knowledge of where they were.

Summary

This quote highlights the irony and skepticism towards the decision-making process of going to war. It suggests that those who fervently supported military action based their certainty on the existence of weapons, while simultaneously lacking any knowledge of their actual location. The quote reflects how this contradiction in knowledge and certainty can raise doubts and question the motivations behind going to war.