The #Iraq #Invasion 20 Years Later: It Was Indeed a Big #Lie that Launched the Catastrophic #War

Source: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/03/the-iraq-invasion-20-years-later-it-was-indeed-a-big-lie-that-launched-the-catastrophic-war/

But #Cheney and #Rice neglected to disclose that there was a heated dispute within the #intelligence community about this supposed evidence. The top scientific experts in the US government had concluded these tubes were unsuitable for a #nuclear weapons program. Only one #CIA analyst—who was not a scientific expert—contended the tubes were smoking-gun proof that #Saddam was working to develop nuclear weapons. That was all the Bush-Cheney White House needed.

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