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Is anyone really stupid enough to still believe Bush actually thought there were any WMDs in Iraq? Absolutely everything points to the fact that they knew there were no WMDs in Iraq and that the administration deliberately lied to trump up an excuse to enter a war they'd already decided upon. If anyone was obtuse enough to not follow the Downing Street Memos then having the CIA's former top man in Europe speak out about what really happened won't matter, but for the few who still aren't sure maybe this will make a difference.
The Central Intelligence Agency tried to warn the Bush administration on the eve of the 2003 invasion of Iraq that Saddam Hussein did not appear to have weapons of mass destruction but the warning was dismissed because the US political leadership was not interested in what the intelligence showed, according to a retired senior CIA operative.
The revelation, by the CIA's former European chief Tyler Drumheller, was broadcast on CBS's news magazine Sixty Minutes last night and added to the body of evidence that US and British leaders saw the weapons of mass destruction issue only as a selling point for a war they had already decided to wage for other reasons.
The revelation, by the CIA's former European chief Tyler Drumheller, was broadcast on CBS's news magazine Sixty Minutes last night and added to the body of evidence that US and British leaders saw the weapons of mass destruction issue only as a selling point for a war they had already decided to wage for other reasons.
Is anyone really stupid enough to still believe Bush actually thought there were any WMDs in Iraq? Absolutely everything points to the fact that they knew there were no WMDs in Iraq and that the administration deliberately lied to trump up an excuse to enter a war they'd already decided upon. If anyone was obtuse enough to not follow the Downing Street Memos then having the CIA's former top man in Europe speak out about what really happened won't matter, but for the few who still aren't sure maybe this will make a difference.
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