Can you cite any of the reasons that led them to think Iraq had WMDs? Any of the documents they used? Because this is pretty easy to search >In December 2002,

Can you cite any of the reasons that led them to think Iraq had WMDs? Any of the documents they used? Because this is pretty easy to search >In December 2002, Bush declared, "We do not know whether or not [Iraq] has a nuclear weapon." That was not what the National Intelligence Estimate said. As Tenet would later testify, "We said that Saddam did not have a nuclear weapon and probably would have been unable to make one until 2007 to 2009." Bush did know whether or not Iraq had a nuclear weapon — and lied and said he didn’t know to hype the threat. >On CNN in September 2002, Condoleezza Rice claimed that aluminum tubes purchased by Iraq were "only really suited for nuclear weapons programs." This was precisely the opposite of what nuclear experts at the Energy Department were saying; they argue that not only was it very possible the tubes were for nonnuclear purposes but that it was very likely they were too >In August 2002, Dick Cheney declared, "Simply stated, there's no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction." But as Corn notes, at that time there was "no confirmed intelligence at this point establishing that Saddam had revived a major WMD operation." Gen. Anthony Zinni, who had heard the same intelligence and attended Cheney’s speech, would later say in a documentary, "It was a total shock. I couldn't believe the vice president was saying this, you know? The americans lied and it led to a million lost lives and ruined the future of an entire generation. I guess it's different from the current situation and no one actually cares but I think it's important to not forget how vile the 2003 invasion was. Yes we don't have to bring it up (I didnt) in every conversation but we don't have to whitewash the events either https://www.vox.com/2016/7/9/12123022/george-w-bush-lies-iraq-war https://www.vox.com/2016/7/9/12123022/george-w-bush-lies-ira...