[sgbuffett]

https://www.dailysabah.com/world/america...-in-public

This a blight on the Bush administration.

The back ground is after the 1st war with Iraq the US Bush senior administration after they came back felt that it was a big mistake not to get rid of Saddam as Saddam turned from Pro US to anti US.

For yrs they were harboring intention to get rid of Saddam...911 incident make a war with Iraq more palatable so they had to find an excuse.

To sell this war they had to get Colin Powell to front it  they fed him with all the Intel to show saddam was a threat. Under pressure he had to study all the Intel ....he went along. Something he now said is a mistake.

Rumsfied  orchestrated this. ....based on his record he was an "ends justify the means" guy....dangerous.