That was the line they sold the public. But they knew the evidence was flimsy: https://theintercept.com/2018/02/06/lie-after-lie-what-colin-powell-knew-about-ir

That was the line they sold the public. But they knew the evidence was flimsy: https://theintercept.com/2018/02/06/lie-after-lie-what-colin-powell-knew-about-iraq-fifteen-years-ago-and-what-he-told-the-un/ https://theintercept.com/2018/02/06/lie-after-lie-what-colin... Richard Clarke claims that the Bush administration began seeking pretexts for Iraq invasion from the morning of September 12th: https://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/29/us/president-asked-aide-to-explore-iraq-link-to-9-11.html https://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/29/us/president-asked-aide-t... General Wesley Clark is on record with the claim that the administration had plans to invade "seven countries in five years": https://www.salon.com/2007/10/12/wesley_clark/ https://www.salon.com/2007/10/12/wesley_clark/