Originally Posted by Middlefork_Miner
Originally Posted by KFWA
Originally Posted by jorgeI
The "caring" part is obvious and mutual. Aside from the usual suspects, virtually everyone was in agreement based on the intel at hand from multiple sources, the WMDs were an issue. There was no reason, fiscal or otherwise to "create a narrative" justifying a war with no end game or benefits. The WMD issue was the factor and not the threat on his father. He had the overwhelming support of the Congress and the public. Did they screw it up? absolutely, but your premise the SOLE reason for Iraq was a vendetta, my original posit stands.


why did he have overwhelming support from Congress and the public? Because the narrative created saying they had WMDs.

Did they create the narrative or did he buy into the false information being presented to him? Paul Wolfowitz and Karl Rover were pushing for the invasion of Iraq before 9/11.



Then why didn't Saddam allow the U.N. inspections?

Just because we didn't find any WMD doesn't mean they didn't/don't exist...he did use them on the Kurds.


yea, he used chemical weapons on the kurds - Bush was talking yellow cake uranium and aluminum tubes for enrichment - he was going down full blown nuke - not some mustard gas we already knew about a decade before.


have you paid your dues, can you moan the blues, can you bend them guitar strings