re: Do you think George Bush lied about the WOMD?

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But what was the reasoning for the war at the time?

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Honest answer?

In the 90's we only knew traditional warfare. Sniping terrorists in the desert mountains amid droves of innocents wasn't exactly how our boys were trained. They needed a front, and they knew the presence of US military anywhere in the ME would draw the enemy in like flies to honey. It was an excuse to take the fight away from the streets of New York and unseat a dictator in one fell swoop. I believe Blair, GWB, etc. were intentionally mislead by the political layer that separated them from the rank and file IC. The Saddam angle had to be an easy sell for Bush.