Are you not going to search for WMDs after telling the world that Iraq has them? Of course you search, and these guys hoped to find something to validate their claims. The administration said they KNEW when they didnt know.

RUMSFELD: We know where they are.
McCLELLAN: This is about an imminent threat.
FLEISCHER: We know for a fact that there are weapons there.
CHENEY: Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction.


>Let's just say GWB did deliberately lie about the intelligence information on Iraq to get us into the Iraqi war. Now answer this question --
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>Why in the hell would GWB then send in however many troops, overthrow SH, have the military search for WMDs, etc., (based on the lie) knowing none would be found, which would essentially prove he deliberately lied? No one, not even GWB, is that stupid.
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>I believe this illustrates the argument is purely political, or at the very least, not logically thought out, not to mention revisionist.
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>>The main point i get from Kevin's posts is that GWB lied to get us into the iraqi war. And recent polls show that 57% of those polled "believe he deliberately misled people to make the case for war". Not so sure thats an extreme position.
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>>>> Kevin and those with his POV are off on their extreme tangents while I am illustrating the absurdity of the opposite extreme.