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No I actually am well read and that is how the argument was made to the country as a reason for invasion. Again, how convenient to ignore the African yellow cake episode.
It is only presented that way by those who are ignorant.
Or those who specifically choose to continue deluding themselves.
Why anyone would actually CHOOSE to remain ignorant when a plethora of facts are out there and have been presented is beyond me. Perhaps a lefty can answer why they do so.
My reference is to Bush post-9/11 and casus belli.
Iraq was financing, training, and providing safe harbor to international terrorist organizations since 1977. Under Public Law 107-40, enacted into law on Sep. 18, 2001, that was more than sufficient "casus belli."
I could be wrong, but that link says Saddam had the capacity to make WMD, so unless he postulated that Iraq had a nuclear program he could not have been talking about nukes. I don't recall ever hearing about nukes in Iraq in my gov or history classes though.
Iraq tried to have nukes but Israel bombed them out of existence.
Your reference is a self-imposed delusion. WMDs were repeatedly referred to, not just the nuclear weapons subclass.
WMDs made Iraq a priority, but it was not the reason for the invasion. Iraq was a known sponsor of international terrorism. In 2001 there were four such nations - Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, and Syria. Today only two remain that continue to sponsor international terrorism.
Frankly, I think we should have taken out Afghanistan, Iran, then Iraq. Syria would have probably freaked and capitulate like Libya. But as long as we were eliminating any of the four known government sponsors of international terrorism, I was not going to quibble with who we attacked after Afghanistan.
I still support the invasion of both Afghanistan and Iraq, but I did not support the nation building in either country. First win the damn war, then rebuild the nation (without the military). Only the king of idiots attempts to rebuild a nation while fighting a war in that nation - or a politician seeking reelection.
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