Did Bush lie about weapons of mass destruction, was terrorism enough to have invaded Iraq?

Question

I other words, since we didn't find any weapons of mass destruction, was Sudam Hussein's treatment of his people and harboring of terrorists enough of a reason to invade Iraq? Also, do you believe Bush lied, or did he make an honest mistake about the weapons of mass destruction?

Answer 1

No, Bush believed what he had been told by the CIA, the
FBI, the Massaad, British Intelligence, the KGB, and
others.

He also believed what Bill Clinton, Madeline Albright,
Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, and others had been saying
for years, in fact, if you read the 1998 Iraq Resolution,
Congress had authorized Bill Clinto to do what he needed
to do to change the leadership in Iraq, including a
regime change.

Hussein used WMDs against Kuwait; Iran; and the norrthern
Kurds, and we have the proof.

Maybe giving him 13 years and 11 warnings gave him time to hide them or move them, huh?

Terrorism in itself was enough justification to invade, after
9/11, or maybe you don't remember the Hussein backed
terrorist groups attacking New York and Washington?
Forget all these antiwar lies, AlQaeda had bases in Iraq,
Zarkowi was treated in a Bagdad hospital, and Hussein
sent millions of dollars to terrorist groups and suicide bombers.

Answer 2

Since there were no WMDs, even though Rummy et al claimed to have known where they were located, then their next trump card was terrorism. Some of the things the right will cite are shells that had been exposed to the elements and had
a) been degraded and thus ineffective or
b) had been under UN seal which the US soldiers broke open in their hunt for those "humongous" WMD piles they were to search for.
Problem, until we invaded Iraq there was no Al Qaeda. If we continue to use that premise, when are we going to invade the Sudan, where Al Qaeda has a supposed training ground, or Pakistan where there is huge support and training grounds for Al Qaeda- a now growing concern since the military government is not as stable as it was before, or Indonesia the list can go on and on.
Pre-emptive wars on any country is a violation of the UN Charter which the US signed.
Personally, I don't know if he lied but if he did not then he was a complete ignoramus and stupid and did not bother to find out what was really going on and why the thumbscrews were applied by Cheney, Wolfie, Rummy etc on the rush to war. If he did not lie, he did not want to know the truth and did not want to ask the tough questions- a disease that is running rampant in the Republican party, sadly

Answer 3

Do you know what a lie is? A lie is basically telling someone something you KNOW to be false. Was he WRONG? Yes Was/is he stupid? Yes Did he lie about WMD? No - unless many of our senators also lied, including Clinton. Just about every friendly nation that helps us with information regarding unstable/dangerous counties also felt that Sadam had WMD. You seem to be one of those people who will believe anything negative about Bush no matter what so I'm sure that for everything that I stated above you can find some obscure blogger who knows for a fact that Bush is the devil. I'm sure this blogger has a third cousin twice removed who knows a white house maid who heard bush state he has horns and a forked tail. Jeesh - give the conspiracy crap a rest!

Answer 4

Terrorism was a good reason to go to battle with an enemy.. The only problem was the terrorists were not in Iraq and still aren't. Their weapons of mass destruction are case cutters and backpacks. In other words, wrong place, wrong enemy, no nukes, germs or agents.

Answer 5

I believe that reasons were "found" to go to war.

Terrorism in Iraq was not an issue, as intelligence services stated. No matter where the United States decides to "war" terrorists will travel there to fight us.

As far as lies are concerned, remember that there are millions of "nut cases" around the world that honestly think their bad ideas are right and just. Society may not agree with them, but they think that they are right.

Answer 6

We are the terrorists. destroying helpless countries in the name of peace and safety.
Bush should be tried as a war criminal. He committed more crimes against humanity than Saddam ever did.

Answer 7

No, he did not lie.

Here's why the Congress authorized the war:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/10/20021002-2.html

It's still amazing to me how many people discuss the war without even having read this.

Answer 8

If you are interested in this stuff there is a wonderful video for you to watch. Go to google search for videos. Type in "Freedom to Fascism". Watch and be amazed.

Answer 9

Freedom to Fascism...yes definitely worth watching!
also a good website to checkout www.infowars.com and www.prisonplanet.com

Answer 10

He lied. There were no terrorist organizations in Iraq before the war. There are now.