You ignore the decimation of intelligence capabilities under clinton and that Iraq was a very closed society.
Everyone in the world said emphatically that he had them.
But to think that Bush did it solely for nation building is ludicrous.
Can you remember as far back as september 11 2001?
You must be a democrat.
I'm not a Democrat at all. I simply have a hard time taking the whole "weapons of mass destruction" argument seriously when I predicted from the beginning that nothing would be found in Iraq. I'm not just venting this administration, mind you -- the first time I knew the phrase "weapons of mass destruction" was nothing more than a catch-phrase in a propaganda campaign was when Bill Clinton used it to justify one of the numerous aerial assaults against Iraq during his term in office.
You ignore the decimation of intelligence capabilities under clinton . . .
George Tenet is still the CIA Director. This administration pretty much gave up any credibility to complain about the last administration when it kept him on board.
. . . and that Iraq was a very closed society.
Actually, Iraq was one of the most open societies in the Middle East before the U.S. went to war against it.
Can you remember as far back as september 11 2001?
Yes, I can. And I remember enough about it to be confused as hell about how the United States could possibly keep a straight face while waging a "war on terror" without first sacking the bureaucrats in every Federal agency whose gross incompetence made 9/11 possible.