Given the intel we had at the time? We didn't have any intel at the time.
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Why, it was a "slam dunk", wasn't it?
Saddam had nukes, weaponized smallpox, sarin gas and Allah knows what else. Or so they said. Tenet even got a medal for his excellent information lying. Juniorbush and Cheney got a ton of conflicting info, then they cherry picked what they wanted to hear. Afghanistan was justified, and could have been won in a year. But, no, he went off his nut and invaded Iraq with no plan for victory, withdrawal or anything else. This was at least as bad a bit of buffoonery as General Galtieri invading the Falklands. Luckily, Saddam was not the British Army.
I knew that this was all a load of crap, and told everyone so at the time, and I am just a college prof who can read between the lines.
Invading Iraq was the wrong decision, and the operation planning that came from the White House was WORSE than Galtieri's planning to invade the Falklands. Of course, Iraq had 22 million people and not 3000 shepherds, a major difference.
Juniorbush and Galtieri deserve special places in the OAS Hall of Warmongering Buffoons of the Americas.