Apparently there was evidence that Saddam was building mobile weapon labs. Problem was...the Germans didn't share the evidence properly...and the US didn't have boots on the ground collecting it.
Turns out a VERY reliable source called 'curveball' ....indeed provided the US with a curveball of information. But than again, you had a war hungry adminstration, Cheney especially, who really didn't care what the evidence said, and instead of verifying it properly, they went to war based on speculation of a defector and his group, the INC, that Saddam had WMD.
The first thing that came to my mind after I read those reports ...was, didn't the US think their source might be a little biased?
Lanny hit the nail on the head....the US secured the oil fields, and after that they really had no idea what to do. Than again, its not surprising, considering the only knowledgeable guy concerning the ME serving the administration, resigned before Bush's second term. So really, what did we expect?
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