How the bush admin misled about Iraq war

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How Bush Admin Misled

• How the Bush Administration Misled the American
  public about the justification for the Invasion
  of Iraq

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WMD The red herring

• Many people think the Bush Admin. is exonerated
  because the intelligence community inaccurately
  believed that Iraq had WMD.
• However, just because a country may have WMD,
  does not mean we should invade them.

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Pakistan has nuclear WMD

• Pakistan has nuclear WMD the most lethal kind
  of WMD.
• Pakistan is a Moslem nation.
• But Bush did not suggest that we invade Pakistan.
• Why not?

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What if?

• But what if Pakistan had WMD,
• AND if they were involved with 9/11,
• AND they had a collaborative relationship
  with Al Qaeda?
• If so, they would be THREAT.

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Exaggerated Threat

• The Bush Admin exaggerated the threat posed by
  Iraq by linking them with 9/11 and stating that
  they were working with Al Qaeda.
• Both of these claims were false, according to the
  bi-partisan 9/11 commission.

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Dishonest or Negligent?

• The Bush Administration misled the American
  public about the threat posed by Saddam Hussein.
• Were they intentionally telling lies?
• Our, were they just negligent in their
  responsibility to make sure that the reasons for
  going to war were based on hard facts, instead of
  unchecked assumptions?

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Criminals either way?

• If they intentionally misled us, then they lied.
  They lied about the reasons for war. This would
  be a criminal act.
• If they did not adequately check the allegations
  about Iraqs involvement with 9/11 and their
  relationship with Al Qaeda, then they are
  criminally negligent.

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Lets not get fooled again

• So, the Bush Administration misled the American
  public about the threat posed by Iraq, by linking
  Iraq to 9/11, and asserting that Iraq was
  collaborating with Al Qaeda.
• There is no evidence that either of the above is
  true. ( According to the bi-partisan 9/11
  Commission.)

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If we were told the truth ?

• If a country has WMD, that alone is not reason to
  invade them.
• If Americans were told by the Bush
  Administration, that Iraq was not involved with
  9/11, and that there is no evidence of a
  collaborative relationship with Al Qaeda, do you
  think America would have supported an invasion of
  Iraq?

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