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I thought everyone knew our country didn't have any solid proof but it was too dangerous to rely on guesses and Saddam pretended he had lots of weapons. He said before he died he had to pretend because he was afraid of Iran attacking him.
He never let the inspectors in to see for themselves if he had weapons or not.
Bush needed a way to justify and accomplish his murder of Saddam Hussein. WMD's were a necessary fiction to accomplish this murder. The rest of were either fooled or accomplices.
This is the bs that trashed our economy and caused the current ISIS and European refugee debacle. This is why America needs Rand or Ron Paul, though it may be too late...
“Our assessments rely heavily on analytic assumptions and judgment rather than hard evidence. The evidentiary base is particularly sparse for Iraqi nuclear programs.”
Regarding the actual programs, it says:“We’ve struggled to estimate the unknowns. … We range from 0% to about 75% knowledge on various aspects of their program…Our knowledge of the Iraqi (nuclear) weapons program is based largely—perhaps 90%—on analysis of imprecise intelligence.”
When forwarding the report, Air Force Maj. Gen. Glen Shaffer answered Rumsfeld’s original question by noting,
“We don’t know with any precision how much we don’t know.”
Don't forget that Congress voted YES to invade Iraq.
People don't seem to realize that Congress was handed the same lies as the American public. Of course they voted yes, both Dems and Repubs.
Well played, GWB, trillions of dollars and thousands of lives invested in an unnecessary slaughter. And for bonus points, the only barrier to radical organizations like ISIS was removed.
But the folks at Halliburton got rich, so I guess it wasn't a total loss.
People don't seem to realize that Congress was handed the same lies as the American public. Of course they voted yes, both Dems and Repubs.
Well played, GWB, trillions of dollars and thousands of lives invested in an unnecessary slaughter. And for bonus points, the only barrier to radical organizations like ISIS was removed.
But the folks at Halliburton got rich, so I guess it wasn't a total loss.
I don't think Bush himself got a true picture, either. I know Rumsfeld knew the truth, I'm pretty sure Cheney did.
But I think Bush got just what everyone else got.
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