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Why not? my view is that freedom and liberty for Iraqies was never the main rationale for going to war, WMD was (remeber the speeches).

If not, why would Rumsfeld stick to the mantra? And why are the Weapons Inspectors reported to have concluded their work and returned to the US?

And remember Rumsfeld is only saying that the administration did not sex up the WMD intelligence, not that the intelligence was wrong.

I found it strange that high-ranking intelligence people on both sides of the atlantic (as late as today with Brian Jones in the UK) questions the validity of this?

I guess the "stay hidden" argument is plausible and we will see but I still like to see a new policy concerning this.

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my view is that freedom and liberty for Iraqies was never the main rationale for going to war, WMD was (remeber the speeches).

My view is that the rationale for going to war was Saddam's non-compliance with resolution 1441, which warned Iraq that "it will face serious consequences" if it continues to violate its obligations as spelled out in the resolution.