I suppose we’ll never fully know all the “real” reasons Bush felt it was necessary to stick troops on the ground.
According to wiki leaks - Iraq did attempt to purchase yellow cake (contradicting Plame’s hubby)
I’m old enough to remember when Gore tried to appear macho & accuse Bush 41 of not finishing the job & ousting Sadaam.
Sometimes I wonder if there’s something to the theory W was taking care of unfinished business.
Liberals seem content to quibble over whether Saddam was “attempting to purchase yellowcake” and ignoring or belittling the fact that Saddam had amassed over 500 tons of yellowcake which was shipped to Canada in 2005 after the US invasion, when it was confirmed, discovered, secured and removed from Tuwaitha
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/07/07/iraq.uranium/index.html?_s=PM:US
I think you mean more Yellowcake. Iraq under Sadam Hussein already had 550 tons, which was subsequently bought by and shipped, to Canada. Yellow cake to Canada
Bush mentioned Hussein’s attempted assassination attempt on Bush ! as a reason in addition to WMD
The bottom line was Iraq was in violation of dozens of sanctions, agreements and the cease-fire of 1991. When one side breaks a cease-fire the other side usually starts firing also.
We did. And Bush explained that AFTER 9/11 we could no longer afford to play this slap-on-the-wrist approach.