> peaceful nations Afghanistan was harboring al Qaeda and Iraq was threatening use of WMDs. They weren't peaceful nations. The latter turned out to be bluster

> peaceful nations Afghanistan was harboring al Qaeda and Iraq was threatening use of WMDs. They weren't peaceful nations. The latter turned out to be bluster, supported by terrible intelligence and a U.S. administration that didn't have the wherewithal to counteract its own confirmation biases, and that deserves its own appropriate condemnation, but it's nowhere near the same thing.