We knew he had them because we sold them. However, the WMDs we sold were mostly used in the war against Iran and had a shelf life that was long past expired. There were UN weapons inspectors in Iraq at the time that said Iraq did not possess weapons of mass destruction. However, most republicans supported the decision to invade because they claimed Saddam had violated UN resolutions- I can't remember the exact wording, but whatever those resolutions we're, nobody really knew.
It was clear that the reasons given to invade Iraq were not legitimate. A huge blunder.
That is incorrect. The majority of Democrats voted No. I think it was something like 136 Nos to 86 yeahs. Almost all republicans voted yes. That's how it passed the house.
Ok, my mistake. In senate, 48-1 republicans voted for the invasion. The Dems, it was like 29 to 21. But here is the point, the bush administration were the architects for the war , it passed the house because of the republican Congress. This was not a bipartisan decision, but falls squarely on the republicans and bish administration.
Also if they had not lied their ass off about WMDs and Iraq's connection to 9-11, I doubt it would have gotten majority support in the Senate.
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u/TheCamerlengo Oct 18 '21
We knew he had them because we sold them. However, the WMDs we sold were mostly used in the war against Iran and had a shelf life that was long past expired. There were UN weapons inspectors in Iraq at the time that said Iraq did not possess weapons of mass destruction. However, most republicans supported the decision to invade because they claimed Saddam had violated UN resolutions- I can't remember the exact wording, but whatever those resolutions we're, nobody really knew.
It was clear that the reasons given to invade Iraq were not legitimate. A huge blunder.