The reality that, in summer 2006, Bush and Cheney still can be observed, on the whitehouse.gov website archived pages....justifying invading and occupying Iraq by linking Saddam to al-Zarqawi, and by stating that Saddam had, or was making, or could make, or wanted to make WMD, long after the evidence presented both by Duelfer and the SSCI, clearly shows only the last accusation to be not completely false and/or misleading.....does not sway aceventura3 from believing that the Bush policy of pre-emption is correct and legal.
The justification for invading Iraq in 2003 are pealed away to the last Bush Cheney justification; the presumption that Saddam wanted to reconstitute his pre-1991 WMD and CBW programs....because, as ace noted in the post linked above, Bush said
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http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/relea...0021007-8.html
......We also must never forget the most vivid events of recent history. On September the 11th, 2001, America felt its vulnerability -- even to threats that gather on the other side of the earth. We resolved then, and we are resolved today, to confront every threat, from any source, that could bring sudden terror and suffering to America........
....and that is it....for ace, no example(s) of Bush or Cheney lying or deliberately misleading the world as to their justifications for invading Iraq can weaken, to any degree, Bush's solemn vow to "confront any threat, from any source......