10.05.06
Essay: Iraqi Shell Games
Why did we go to war in Iraq?
Even before the invasion, a number of Americans did not believe that Iraq was developing weapons of mass destruction (despite Colin Powell’s presentation to the UN). Since the invasion, evidence has been continuously mounting that the Bush Administration may well have known there were no WMDs in Iraq, and simply doctored intelligence to start the war.
For the most part, however, this “evidence” is hearsay, and in many cases comes from people who had been fired by the administration. However, the most compelling evidence that the United States had no interest in disarming Iraq comes from a little known, undisputed fact; Iraq did, in fact, have weapons of mass destruction.