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Originally Posted by CaramonLS
I mean if you look specifically into stuff like the Yellowcake Uranium thing, it really is amazing how that 'evidence' was passed up the chain of command and used to make the case for war.
The names on the documents, which were supposed to be legitimate embassy documents had things like names/titles misspelled, not to mention they went completely unverified. I think Blix in particular looked at the documents with some of his experts and in a matter of hours were able to determine that they were blatant forgeries.
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Yeah, I remember some of that. And in no way am I suggesting that the White House behaved honestly--there's a huge spectrum of behaviour that falls in between telling the truth 100% of the time and making something completely up. The supposed "nuclear" threat from Iraq was probably made up--as were the "links to Al-Qaeda," which ignored the fact that those groups were historical enemies.
However, I have to think they genuinely thought they would find something--ANYTHING--to make it look like Iraq was a real threat. If they had been making it up from the start, they would have planted something for themselves to find.