Why aren't Dick Cheney and George W. Bush both rotting in a prison cell now?
Oh and don't forget about that Condi Rice as well...
shareWhy would they be?
shareThat is loaded question. Cliff's notes version: For the illegal invasion of Iraq and their flat-out lies to American public that the terrorists attacked them because they "hate our freedoms".
shareCliffs Notes version: “Ignorance is bliss” in your case.
shareCongress approved it. Both parties. Iraq had WMDs. Saddam locked out UN inspectors for 5 years. Now he’s gone.
"Earlier today, I ordered America's armed forces to strike military and security targets in Iraq. They are joined by British forces. Their mission is to attack Iraq's nuclear, chemical and biological weapons programs and its military capacity to threaten its neighbors." Bill Clinton - 1998
https://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1998/12/16/transcripts/clinton.html share
they approved it on a lie, cant fully blame them. With plenty of documentation to show bush and Cheney were flat out manufacturing lies. iraq didnt have WMD's not a single one was found.
try again?
There's no proof they lied. Prove it was a lie and not bad intelligence.
Also, Afghanistan was directly connected to The Taliban.
I never voted for Bush, but that guy went through something NO living President can comprehend.
Yes, intel failure on the highest scale. It's a gamble on trusting certain sources or having to rely on certain sources for info. Powell even put his rank and status on the line as well even though he had doubts about the voracity of the intel itself. In the end, it put a stain on his legacy sadly.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/how-colin-powell-saw-his-role-and-that-of-another-famous-non-quitter
I do think there was a more sinister plan going on with the CIA or the Bush administration via Cheney to push for the war to regime change though.
The only connection to Afghanistan was Osama Bin Laden himself being there. Most of those recruited were from Saudi Arabia and their violent wahhabism. Osama is a Saudi as well.
Yet American government doesn't want to piss off the Saudis because they do key business with them.
sharehttps://www.motherjones.com/politics/2011/12/leadup-iraq-war-timeline/
it wasn't an intel failure at all. many in the intelligence community were shocked as bush or Cheney would proudly announce the opposite of what their intel showed just so they could claim Saddam had WMDs and push war
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2011/12/leadup-iraq-war-timeline/
there actually is. multiple times