MacArthur asks: “Wasn’t there a full Congressional investigation with hearings, witnesses under oath, reports, and so on, all on that one very issue of whether intelligence was manipulated by the White House to falsely make the case for war? And didn’t the investigation determine that there was no such manipulation? The intelliegence may have been wrong or at least slightly wrong on the WMD issue, but it was the consensus of the intelligence community, both in the US and abroad. Why are some people now going back to a rumor that was put to rest over a year ago? The invasion of Iraq may have been a bad idea. I think we should have just bombed all their military facilities and let it go at that. But it was not based on false information, much less deliberately falsified information. That is the looney tune of the Michael Moore set.”
Jack’s reply: I believe there were three independant investigations and none have concluded anything except possible flawed intel.
One thing that bothers me more than the dems attempting to rehash an old, unfounded scandal, is this lingering question…What was the 500 tons of refined yellow cake uranium still doing at the nuclear research center of Al-Tuwaitha in Iraq when the war ended?
This stuff could have been further refined for use in a weapon or it could have been used in medical research. Since Saddam was not known for being a champion of “medical research” one might think there was a fair chance he was still working on the other possibility, a weapon. And that would be a “WMD”, wouldn’t it?