If you read wikipedia etc, there seems to be a consensus that the Bush administration really believed that Saddam Hussein's Iraq still had the weapon programs g

If you read wikipedia etc, there seems to be a consensus that the Bush administration really believed that Saddam Hussein's Iraq still had the weapon programs going. Personally, I think that with all the leaks it would be known if Bush lied. For instance, some Russian source published death and maiming data for the Ukrainian war by mistake [regarding costs for pensions etc]. No one is saying that politicians don't lie. But there are levels in Hell. There is, in these two cases, a big difference between the incompetence of the Bush administration and systematic disinformation. But I suspect you know this already... Edit: It is also a bit much to make the US responsible for civilians killed by people also trying to kill American soldiers. To start with, you need to subtract all the people the Hussein regime would have murdered over the years, if it hadn't been kicked out. Edit 2: 3princip: The WMD thing was probably an excuse for Bush, sure. But I answered the claim that this WMD excuse was a LIE -- which seems to not be true. So it is you that miss the point. (And this is a serious place so give serious references, not some generic youtube video.)