[leftyodoul]

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The WMD question has been settled. They were there. Some were destroyed by Saddam prior to the war, some have been found, some have been used against coalition troops, some were moved to Syria, and some are probably still there waiting to be discovered.

There have been dozens of news stories about WMD found in Iraq in the last 2-3 years. Anyone who watches the news occasionally would know this.

Bush knew it.
Clinton knew it.
Congress knew it.
The UN weapons inspectors knew it.
Tony Blair knew it.
Saddam Hussein knew it.
Every government with an international intelligence agency knew it.

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Well, no. Much of the intelligence presented to congressional leaders in the run-up to war has since been discredited. Moreover, even if Saddam did have some WMD's, there was no reason to believe either (a) that he could use them or (b) that he would use them.

This administration (that is, Cheney and Rumsfeld, with Bush in tow) made up the intelligence to fit their preconceived plan to invade Iraq. They placed enormous pressure on the CIA to shape the intelligence reports. Immediately and persistenly they exploited the nation's emotional reaction to 9/11 to garner support for their war. Hell, they're still doing it.

These guys are far worse than liars. They're criminals, and all of them should be in prison.