“not re-opening old arguments between Trump supporters who stood with our troops during the war vs Trump supporters who were oh-so-brilliant “there was no WMD!”
If Bush’s 1,000 man Iraq Survey Group had found some post Desert Storm WMDs in the year that they spent hunting for them then everyone would have what some people refer to as “evidence”.
And if that had been the case then no one would have to listen to freepers who agree on this issue with, oh, Trump.
And with Bush himself. Because he publicly said that he agrees with the findings of the Survey Group.
The Duelfer Report has been public for 15 years. I’ve read it, and judging from what Trump says I’m pretty sure that he has read it too. People who prefer make believe probably won’t like it.
https://www.cia.gov/library/reports/general-reports-1/iraq_wmd_2004/
Interviews with former Regime officials who were active in Iraq’s governing, economic, security, and intelligence structures were critical to ISG’s assessment of the former Regime’s WMD strategy. While some detainees’ statements were made to minimize their involvement or culpability leading to potential prosecution, in some cases those who were interviewed spoke relatively candidly and at length about the Regime’s strategic intent......Nonetheless, the interview process had several shortcomings. Detainees were very concerned about their fate and therefore would not be willing to implicate themselves in sensitive matters of interest such as WMD, in light of looming prosecutions. Debriefers noted the use of passive interrogation resistance techniques collectively by a large number of detainees to avoid their involvement or knowledge of sensitive issues; place blame or knowledge with individuals who were not in a position to contradict the detainee’s statements, such as deceased individuals or individuals who were not in custody or who had fled the country; and provide debriefers with previously known information. However, the reader should keep in mind the Arab proverb: “Even a liar tells many truths.”
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and the the phrase that jumps out 4-8x /page for all the NBC weapons being discussed is consistently
"However, ISG has no information"...
Let us not forget this the same CIA that missed the loss of Iran, the collapse of the Soviet Union, and that has likely been involved in the coup attempt against Pres. Trump.