I disagree, I know it's unpopular opinion. However, what led to the Iraq War was among most of all, an international intelligence failure compounded by political leaders who should have required validation. I believe GWB/Blair believed the weapons were there. They jumped the gun.
Marianne Williamson
 @marwilliamson
11 Jul 2020
The Iraq War was up there.
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Replying to @altNOAA
No! Intelligence reports were very mixed. Bush/Cheney saw what they wanted to see. Anyone who voted for that war could鈥檝e walked down the hall & read the classified documents if they wanted to. Doing so they鈥檇 have seen there was far from any consensus among intelligence agencies

Jul 11, 2020 路 7:45 AM UTC

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Replying to @marwilliamson
That's actually my point. The intel was incomplete. They were making a current case based on what intel validated in the country at a former time. They jumped the gun. But did they lie? They likely really believed that Saddam still had the weapons. And there was precedent.
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Read about Joe Wilson and yellow cake uranium. They lied.
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