To me, much of this has to be taken in context of the times. Meaning then, not now. Most of the World was opposed to military action against Iraq. Still, it was necessary. The President had to run an obstacle course of public opinion to lead the World to the correct conclusion: Saddam must go. So it was lathered on. Dubious intel was posted as possible (and, in fact, it often is, that's the intel business). Now the Leftist Bush haters will use this to lather it on that the Preident lied. That is a shame also, but at least Saddam is gone. The talk today is the price Geroge W. Bush had to pay.
I do admire that you corrected your article to reflect this. Those that insist you must always be right from the very beginning are asking the impossible.