I think GWB did think they had WMD’s, I also think they were sent to Syria before we got there. We still found some caches anyway, so if there was any lying it was that nothing was found.
Something like 500 pounds of nuclear materiel was shipped out of the country for safe disposal.
It was still a mistake to topple Saddam.
It was a bigger mistake to pull out completely as Obama did.
That created the vacuum for ISIS.
Supplying anyone but the Kurds was a mistake as well. There are NO moderate rebels.
I think you’re dead on the money on all points.
I’d like to add that WMD could mean many things... Generally speaking I would say MASS destruction weapons like bio, chemical, nuke.
Iraq really didn’t have anything I would classifying as WMD, but they did have gas shells and they were working on creating big boy weapons, but not for use on us, but for their regional foes.
Ugh... Iraq was a mistake.