Rumsfeld now says that we did not go to war with iraq because of weapons of mass destruction.........haha, Of course it wasn't. We never said that! The U.S. declared war because it saw existing evidence of Iraqi arms programs in "a dramatic new light" following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
LIAR LIAR PANTS ON FIRE!!!
http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2003/07/09...eld_Iraq030709
Iraq war not about new arms evidence: Rumsfeld
Last Updated Wed, 09 Jul 2003 17:17:08
WASHINGTON - The United States didn't declare war on Iraq because of new evidence of banned weapons, U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said on Wednesday.
INDEPTH: Weapons of mass destruction
Donald Rumsfeld
Rumsfeld said the U.S. declared war because it saw existing evidence of Iraqi arms programs in "a dramatic new light" following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
Rumsfeld made the comments in an appearance before the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee.
On Tuesday, the White House acknowledged that U.S. President George Bush's claim that Iraq tried to buy uranium from Africa was based on forged information.
Though Bush justified the invasion to topple former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein largely on his alleged chemical and biological weapons and possible pursuit of nuclear weapons, such arms have not been found in the 10 weeks after the war.
FROM JUNE 3, 2003: Report says no weapons of mass destruction
Congressional committees are evaluating whether the administration may have used faulty or exaggerated intelligence on Iraq's weapons to justify the war.
Rumsfeld also told the committee that talks were under way to increase NATO involvement in Iraq peacekeeping efforts.
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What the hell, rumsfeld is wack!
