On Jun 13, 2006, at 8:43 AM, Helio W. wrote:
Wasn't it to find WMDs before Saddam could use them against the US?
The spectre of WMD was raised in the immediate aftermath of 9/11. There was never a reference to this threat without some other tie-in to 9/11. The rationale for the Iraq invasion depended 100% on the fear that was in the American people at that time that another terrorist attack could happen at any time. Now who better to personify this threat than that terrible bogeyman Saddam? Given the general ignorance of Americans about anything outside our borders, it was simple to paint Osama == Arab == Saddam, and transfer the fear and anger toward Osama and al Qaeda to Saddam and Iraq.
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