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This is the meme of the day.

WMD was not the sole reason or even the primary reason for going into Iraq. The first World Trade Center attack traces back to Saddam. If you scratch a little, the second one traces back to him as well. Al Qaeda was a hired gun in a "false flag" operation.

Furthermore, Tyler admits himself that CIA was delivering conflicting information. When you're the guy at the top, you have to choose which one you believe, and go with it.

Either could be wrong; what is the consequence if Saddam has no WMD and you take him out anyway? What is the consequence if he has WMD and you fail to act?

As for nukes, its not just a nuclear program, they can be bought on the market; if Saddam wants a nuke, sooner or later he's going to get one. Every few months, before the war, they would bust a gang trying to smuggle nuclear materials out of the former USSR. Do you take him down before he gets one, and suffer the political consequences, or do you wait until he provably has one and now your options just got a lot narrower?

If this is what passes for analysis at CIA, heaven help us.