[jman220]

Regarding our reasons for entering the Iraq war. It would clearly seem that pursuing "Weapons of Mass Destruction" was not our primary goal, nation-building was. However, it doesn't make sense to argue that Bush "lied" about the WMD. It seems far more likely that his administration was simply vastly incompetent at intelligence gathering, analysis, and interpretation. If the Bush administration *knew* that there were no WMD in Iraq, it would be completely illogical to lie about it in order to get us into the war. Why? Because his administration would have to know that after a few years of being in Iraq, when no WMD were found, it would come back to bite them in the ass. And while Bush may be dumb enough to not think this far ahead, Cheney, Rumsfeld, and Rove certainly aren't. Can anyone provide a counter-argument to this?