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plans to attack Iraq go back to clinton years, clinton was suppose to do so but other illegal wars happened so he could not. Bush just took the opening.
I do believe however, everyone thought, or at least the whole world government got their stories straight, that Iraq had WMD. Saddam was acting guilty. But wouldnt you if you had a neighbor like Iran?
What did we want Iraq to do? Say "ok you are right we have nothing, we cant defend ourselves, our troops are armed with rusty nails and tin cans" and leave the door open for Iran to walk in? Iran maybe no threat to the US but sure as hell is to Iraq.
This is what happens when you have an interventionalist policy. You end up attacking countries that cant defend themselves look like asses lose a ton of wealth, make your economy tank, lose the trust of the world and isolate yourself.
Hmmmm kinda like Osama said we would do... guess we are not winning the war after all.
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