Zanchief wrote:lyion wrote:Show me any official document on how the CIA knew Iraq did not have WMDs. No Opeds, no newspapers, just official releases regarding what the CIA or Mossad or any intel officially thought about WMDs in Iraq.
This is where you got it all wrong Lyion. Show me sources where the government had PROOF that Iraq had WMD. I'm pretty sure that the burden of proof is on them if they want to invade another country and kill thousands of their civilians.
We didn't invade on proof. We couldn't get inspectors in because Saddam kept booting them out. It's not like we didn't give him years and years and plenty of opportunities to allow the inspectors in and to abide by the UN sanctions and resolutions.
We invaded on the high likelihood and intel that Iraq had WMDs, and the probability he would use them in the future, as he had in the past on the Kurds.
Every major intel organization in the world believed he had WMDs, so it's not really arguable, just spinnable for political purposes.
Hindsight is 20/20 and we'll probably never know the real truth, since if you put your army on someones border for a year with the intent to invade based on them having WMDs, there's a good chance they'll hide, destroy, or deliver those WMDs elsewhere. It's akin to the DEA sitting on Spazz's doorstep for a week letting him know they're coming in. I'm sure his mind altering substances would be long gone by then.