The media is not supposed to simply parrot government talking points, at least not in a free society. Even if Saddam did have WMDs, so what? So does North Kore

The media is not supposed to simply parrot government talking points, at least not in a free society. Even if Saddam did have WMDs, so what? So does North Korea and other hostile regimes, and so does the US. Couldn't the media have questioned whether or not that was a valid excuse for war? That's the type of thing Phil Donahue of MSNBC did, and his questioning of the war got him fired. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Donahue#MSNBC_program https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Donahue#MSNBC_program History is important, too, but apparently not to them. Was it ever mentioned in the mainstream media that the US itself had provided billions of dollars in military equipment and support to Saddam, including dual use technologies used for chemical and biological weapons? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_support_for_Iraq_during_the_Iran–Iraq_War#Dual-use_exports https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_support_for_Ir... "You know we armed Iraq...during the Gulf War those intelligence reports would come out"-- 'Iraq, incredible weapons! Incredible weapons!' "...How do you know that?" 'Well...we looked at the receipts. But as soon as that check clears we're going in!' -Bill Hicks https://youtu.be/MyG2c-Wddzo https://youtu.be/MyG2c-Wddzo