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On 7/14/14, 7:22 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:

He also ignores the fact that the Bush administration used the same
arguments in support of taking military action against Iraq that Bill
Clinton and his administration had used. In fact, it was Bill Clinton
who signed the Iraq Liberation Act (voted on and passed by the United
States Congress) that established a US policy calling for regime change
in Iraq. Reasons were the continued and increasing defiance of UN
Resolutions by Saddam Hussein.

Bush and Co. executed that policy.

Clinton was smart enough not to. Got it?

That resolution was sold one year after 9-11.
Cheney said AQ was in Iraq. You have to assume the VP knows what he's
talking about, and is sincere.
The biggest mistake the Senators made was in trusting GWB's judgment.
But the drums of war were beating due to 9-11, he was popular, and mid-
term elections were near.
I remember it well, and it was sold as getting Saddam's compliance
regarding inspections or a UN resolution for war.
But the UN wouldn't go for war because Iraq came into full compliance
as far as allowing access to its inspection teams, and the teams were
finding nothing.
The Iraq War resolution forced Saddam to give Hans Blix - leader of the
UN inspection teams - access to every spot in Iraq, including Saddam's
palaces.
The war was unnecessary. GW Bush and team engineered it, and pulled the
trigger on it. It's part of their legacy.
It's silly to blame anybody else.