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"The United States and Britain used the claim that Saddam Hussein was seeking uranium in Africa to bolster their case for the war. The intelligence supporting the claim was later deemed unreliable. "
THE BRITISH STAND BY THE CLAIM TO THIS DAY!
"The intelligence supporting the claim was later deemed unreliable."
What intelligence is the author talking about? Some documents were found to be forgeries.
So when is the media going to stop putting out inaccurate stories? When it's Christmas in Hell?
Much ado about nothing. It's getting more and more sickening that the idiots on the left who would never lift a finger to protect Americans from a real threat keep perpetuating this lie.
So who cares if this small bit of information wasn't 100% factual? What intelligence is? Most of the intelligence about Milosevic (genocide, hundreds of thousands dead in mass graves, etc.) turned out to be poppycock too. Do these same whiners have their panties in a wad about "Clinton lies"? No.
The evidence against Saddam is overwhelming. The UN documented his WMD programs. Libya's nuclear program was really Iraq's (Saddam outsourced it - that should get the left all in a tizzy) with help from North Korea. It now sits in Oak Ridge, TN.
Besides, Saddam violated every aspect of the Gulf War cease-fire agreement and that alone was enough to remove him from power. That along with the fact regime change in Iraq was official U.S. policy since 1998 as directed by Clinton and Congress.
All one has to do is read the Iraq War Resolution from 2002 along with the 17 UN resolutions to find more than enough justification.
On top of all that is the fact that the war on global terror has to have a battlefield somewhere and Iraq was the logical choice given it's central location. It also neatly bookends Iran along with Afghanistan. It shakes up Syria (does anyone think before the current battle in Iraq they'd have left Lebanon?), scares the crap out of Egypt, keeps Jordan in line and pushes the Saudis to get tougher.
Anyone else got a better idea beyond sitting in Afghanistan swatting flies and looking in caves and mountains? No one on the left does, that's for sure.