Americans only: Did you support the Iraq war and now would you?

[Joelcool7]

Well as a Canadian I can't vote.

However I was against the war when it was started but changed my mind since.

Why?

Simple at the beginning of the war, Goerge Bush said that their were weapons of mass destruction and that these weapons could be used on American's. Now I would have supported the war , however the CIA gave the report. The US came to the Canadian Government asking my country to support the invasion. But CSIS (Canadian Security intelligence Service) reported to the Government that their were no weapons of mass destruction and that Iraq was not a threat to Canada.

I believed my Government that their were no weapons of mass destruction. So as such I thought Bush was just lying to go and finish what his father failed to do (Invade Iraq). I was severly anti-War especially when the CBC reported that the US faked the toppling of the Suddam statue. I saw footage that showed only a small crowd around the statue and US soldiers helping the civilians topple the statue. CBC said the footage was taken without authorization of the US and it showed a small group backed by US troops tearing down the statue. More footage was accused of being falsified by the US according to CBC.

So of course I was anti-Iraq war the whole beginning of the war was nothing but lies. However after Saddam finally got hung. The US claimed it had entered to topple Saddam and changed its tune entirely to the horrible things Saddam had done to his people.

Today Iraq is almost won, I didn't think the US could win and that was another reason I didn't support the war. Iraq now has democracy something I support whole heartedly, Saddam is dead something I think should have happened along time ago.The Iraqi army and Government are close with the US pretty much allies and I think the US needed more middle eastern allies.

So today I think if Bush had said to begin with, were going in to topple Saddam and bring democracy to Iraq, and then not faked video footage and lied to the masses. I would have supported the war from the beginning. But its the lies that kept me from supporting it to begin with.