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Originally Posted by Calgaryborn
Nothing was fabricated. The intelligence Congress had was the exact same as the President had. It suggested that Iraq had something going on. It was sketchy and turned out to be wrong but, it wasn't fabricated. Both the CIA and their British counterparts agreed that it appeared Iraq were up to something.
Did Bush embellish the certainty of his conclusions to the American public? Of course he did. When your about to declare war you don't express doubts about the cause. The point remains that he and both Houses were convinced that they needed to act based on the intelligence available. With 9/11 not too far in the rear view mirror it's not suprising that they didn't err on the side of caution.
Bush may not have paid too heavy a price. But the Republicans did lose the 2008 election soundly. They effectively lost any influence in government for 2 years and only hold one House today.
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Curveball and Nigerian Uranium deals were both at best very questionable sources. These were the two main points of evidence for war.
Other intelligence agencies would not verify their validity and in some cases openly called it into question.
The US pretty much ran a smear campaign on Hans Blix.
It was about as close to fabrication as you can get.