The US lied* in 2003 to invade Iraq. Iraq was an autocracy that had previously invaded its neighbors multiple times and used chemical weapons against its own e

The US lied* in 2003 to invade Iraq. Iraq was an autocracy that had previously invaded its neighbors multiple times and used chemical weapons against its own ethnic minorities. Ukraine is a democracy, and has no recent history of aggression. *At worst case. At best, they didn't verify too closely intelligence that said what they wanted it to say.