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I always assumed GWB just wanted to invade Iraq and used whatever he could get his hands on as an excuse. There still would "be" WMDs in Iraq even regardless of

I always assumed GWB just wanted to invade Iraq and used whatever he could get his hands on as an excuse. There still would "be" WMDs in Iraq even regardless of 9/11.

kevin_thibedeau 5y ago
He may well have believed the whispers in his ear from the war hawks. There was a systematic process of presenting him with distorted information.
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- sgt 5y ago
  Agreed. I believe (still) that GWB jr is and was a good person at heart.
  - dragonwriter 5y ago
    > Agreed. I believe (still) that GWB jr is and was a good person at heart. Who is GWB jr? George Walker Bush, the 43rd President, is not a junior, and has no son of the same name. His father, the 41st President, was George Herbert Walker Bush.
    - sgt 5y ago
      GWB Jr is George Walker Bush. I have heard him referred to as Jr many times. It seems that is indeed incorrect... thanks!
- bawolff 5y ago
  Even if that's true, isn't that an even more damning statement about him as a president? That he wasn't even in control? The way canadian and American intelligence came to different conclusions about the same data is suggestive though.
  - tw04 5y ago
    >Even if that's true, isn't that an even more damning statement about him as a president? That he wasn't even in control? That just kind of fits the narrative pre-9/11. I think a lot of people forget what a lame duck President he was considered prior to and even just after 9/11. There’s 0 chance he would have won a second term if there were an election on 9/10/01 - I think it’s what gave a lot of the conspiracy theories legs.
- epoxyhockey 5y ago
  It could also have been as simple as Saddam had once tried to assassinate GW's daddy and GW was ok with anything detrimental to Iraq's leadership.
  - 3r3rni9 5y ago
    In case younger readers are unaware, this really may have been a motive in itself — GWB was famously quoted saying “he tried to kill my Dad”.
redis_mlc 5y ago
I wish ignorant commenters like yourself would do even 5 minutes research before commenting. - Iraq made and used chemical weapons in both the Iraq-Iran war and against Kurds. ie. WMD. There's plenty of fotos online. - the Iraqi army was #4 in the world before the first US-Iraq war, with SH's stated goal of taking over the entire Middle East ("becoming the next Suleiman.") - KSA and Kuwait paid the US to defend them. KSA also contributed $2 billion to the Clinton Foundation, stopping only when Hillary "retired." That makes the Clintons some of the most corrupt politicians in world history, along with the Biden family.)
LatteLazy 5y ago
Probably, but who would have listened to him? He was well on his way to being a 1 term president who did nothing...
vondur 5y ago
I assumed he wanted to get back at Saddam Hussein for trying to assassinate his father.

I always assumed GWB just wanted to invade Iraq and used whatever he could get his hands on as an excuse. There still would "be" WMDs in Iraq even regardless of 9/11.

kevin_thibedeau 5y ago

He may well have believed the whispers in his ear from the war hawks. There was a systematic process of presenting him with distorted information.

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sgt 5y ago
Agreed. I believe (still) that GWB jr is and was a good person at heart.
- dragonwriter 5y ago
  > Agreed. I believe (still) that GWB jr is and was a good person at heart. Who is GWB jr? George Walker Bush, the 43rd President, is not a junior, and has no son of the same name. His father, the 41st President, was George Herbert Walker Bush.
  - sgt 5y ago
    GWB Jr is George Walker Bush. I have heard him referred to as Jr many times. It seems that is indeed incorrect... thanks!
bawolff 5y ago
Even if that's true, isn't that an even more damning statement about him as a president? That he wasn't even in control? The way canadian and American intelligence came to different conclusions about the same data is suggestive though.
- tw04 5y ago
  >Even if that's true, isn't that an even more damning statement about him as a president? That he wasn't even in control? That just kind of fits the narrative pre-9/11. I think a lot of people forget what a lame duck President he was considered prior to and even just after 9/11. There’s 0 chance he would have won a second term if there were an election on 9/10/01 - I think it’s what gave a lot of the conspiracy theories legs.
epoxyhockey 5y ago
It could also have been as simple as Saddam had once tried to assassinate GW's daddy and GW was ok with anything detrimental to Iraq's leadership.
- 3r3rni9 5y ago
  In case younger readers are unaware, this really may have been a motive in itself — GWB was famously quoted saying “he tried to kill my Dad”.

redis_mlc 5y ago

I wish ignorant commenters like yourself would do even 5 minutes research before commenting. - Iraq made and used chemical weapons in both the Iraq-Iran war and against Kurds. ie. WMD. There's plenty of fotos online. - the Iraqi army was #4 in the world before the first US-Iraq war, with SH's stated goal of taking over the entire Middle East ("becoming the next Suleiman.") - KSA and Kuwait paid the US to defend them. KSA also contributed $2 billion to the Clinton Foundation, stopping only when Hillary "retired." That makes the Clintons some of the most corrupt politicians in world history, along with the Biden family.)

LatteLazy 5y ago

Probably, but who would have listened to him? He was well on his way to being a 1 term president who did nothing...

vondur 5y ago

I assumed he wanted to get back at Saddam Hussein for trying to assassinate his father.