If Iran becomes a nuclear power?

[Bursche]

NJ5 said:

By the way, I can't let this one pass:

 

Bursche said:

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While you dont want to believe that there were WMD's, during the start of the war, the US public, the UN, the President and most of Washington believed there were.

 

US public - of course the US public believed so, and why? Because of invalid (possibly manipulated) intelligence reports.

UN - Not true, in fact UN's weapons inspectors repeatedly failed to find any evidence of WMDs being in Iraq:

http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/issues/iraq/unmovic/2007/0628tolduso.htm

It said that during its brief stay in Iraq, UNMOVIC carried out 731 inspections covering 411 sites, but it implied that U.S. and British anxiety to invade Iraq had hampered its work. "Had UNMOVIC not been under such a stringent time constraint, the inspections could have been more detailed and thorough and many issues which emerged could have been pursued to a conclusion allowing greater confidence in the inspection process," it said. Hans Blix, the Swede who headed UNMOVIC at the time, has been more outspoken. "The U.S. and the U.K. chose to ignore (our reports) and to base their action upon their intelligence," Blix said in a 2005 interview. "We didn't want an invasion; we wanted inspections."

The President - how do you know what he really believed?

Most of Washington - see "US public" and "The President" above.

But hey, why would I expect more from someone who dismisses Iraq's oil reserve sizes as unimportant?

 

 

 It doesnt matter if we all know now that Iraq had WMD's or not, my point was that most people feel dooped, and rightfully so, about the WMD's. People like hasanraza are mad and trying to find other reasons why we went, and are only creating conspiracy theories.

And just for the record, I dont even support Bush. I am just trying to clear the page of wrong information that hasanraza and the like have been filling it with.