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Originally Posted by Azure
He was a bit eager to go to war...partly because of influence within the administration, and the evidence the CIA presented, making it seem like a 'slam dunk' case. Now...a few years later...that evidence has been proven as laughable at best, especially the evidence the Germans provided leading up to the war. Did Bush lie? I don't think so...rather, he was suckered into doing something by certain people who presented the evidence as cold, hard fact. Bob Woodward has written extensively about this.
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A few of the higher ups have come out and stated that George and his staff listened to only what they wanted to hear and based their policy only on information that would further their cause.
The Bush administration did the suckering, they weren't suckered into anything.