[LS]

This guy is a turd.

1) Remember, not just the CIA, but every single intel agency in the world said Saddam had WMDs: Br., Fr., Israel, Russia, China, the UN, and both Mubarak of Egypt and Hussein of Jordan all said he had WMDs. There were others.

2) An intel agent should have had some idea of the questions he would be asked and not come up with a smart-ass answer. Bush had every right to be pissed.

3) While things did not turn out well, given Tenet’s “slam dunk” briefing, I maintain that ANY president (including Trump) in the aftermath of 9/11 who did not act would have been irresponsible.

4) Ultimately Saddam only had to open up, be honest with inspectors, and nothing would have happened.

[okie01]

1) Remember, not just the CIA, but every single intel agency in the world said Saddam had WMDs: Br., Fr., Israel, Russia, China, the UN, and both Mubarak of Egypt and Hussein of Jordan all said he had WMDs. There were others.

In the same vein, recall that our ol' buddy, Joe Wilson, spent the months immmediately prior to the Iraq invasion lecturing on college campuses against an invasion because Saddam had WMD...and would use them.

[ScaniaBoy]

And as for having nothing to do with 911, at least prior to the invasion Saddam iappeared to want some people to think 911 was his action.

"Saddam Celebrates September 11", Little Green Footballs, 7/21/2003 "Here’s a photograph taken by members of the 3rd Infantry Division near the Baghdad Airport, that you haven’t seen published by our quagmire-obsessed, relentlessly negative media. It doesn’t prove a connection between Saddam Hussein and the September 11 atrocities, of course; but clearly, he wanted someone to think the connection existed, whether it did or not."

[HalfIrish]

I maintain that ANY president (including Trump) in the aftermath of 9/11 who did not act would have been irresponsible.

Maybe we could have blamed Canada and bombed Prince Edward Island. Better than doing nothing, as you say.