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The problem goes back to intelligence. Carter's NSA was on the radio the other day, and he raised an interesting point. "Everybody" thought Saddam had weapons, which is an excuse for the CIA's contention that Saddam had weapons. He pointed out that the main reason that "Everybody" thought this was because the CIA said it, not the othe way around. On top of this, even the bad CIA intel (which overstated the threat) wasn't enough to justify war. Cheney and Wolfowitz had to devise an independent intelligence group to analyze raw intelligence with the goal of rationalizing war.
Lied? Mabye, mabye not, but it seems pretty clear that a lot of people got duped. Every quote you have except one is from 2002 or earlier. How long has it been since we have conclusively decided there were no weapons? What, 1-3 months? Are you saying people can't change their minds?
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