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<blockquote data-quote="The Other Side" data-source="post: 846793" data-attributes="member: 17969"><p>"""During the lead-up to war in March 2003, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Blix" target="_blank">Hans Blix</a> had found no stockpiles of WMD and had made significant progress toward resolving open issues of disarmament noting "proactive" but not always the "immediate" Iraqi cooperation as called for by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UN_Security_Council_Resolution_1441" target="_blank">UN Security Council Resolution 1441</a>. He concluded that it would take “but months” to resolve the key remaining disarmament tasks.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction#cite_note-3" target="_blank">[4]</a> The United States asserted this was a breach of Resolution 1441 but failed to convince the UN Security Council to pass a new resolution authorizing the use of force due to lack of evidence.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction#cite_note-4" target="_blank">[5]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction#cite_note-5" target="_blank">[6]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction#cite_note-6" target="_blank">[7]</a> Despite being unable to get a new resolution authorizing force and citing section 3 of the Joint Resolution passed by the U.S. Congress,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction#cite_note-7" target="_blank">[8]</a> President Bush asserted peaceful measures couldn't disarm Iraq of the weapons he alleged it to have and launched a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_War" target="_blank">second Gulf War</a>,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction#cite_note-8" target="_blank">[9]</a> despite multiple dissenting opinions<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction#cite_note-9" target="_blank">[10]</a> and questions of integrity<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction#cite_note-10" target="_blank">[11]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction#cite_note-11" target="_blank">[12]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction#cite_note-12" target="_blank">[13]</a> about the underlying intelligence.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction#cite_note-13" target="_blank">[14]</a> Later U.S.-led inspections agreed that Iraq had earlier abandoned its WMD programs, but asserted Iraq had an intention to pursue those programs if UN sanctions were ever lifted.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction#cite_note-14" target="_blank">[15]</a> President Bush later said that the biggest regret of his presidency was "the intelligence failure" in Iraq,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction#cite_note-15" target="_blank">[16]</a> while the Senate Intelligence Committee found in 2008 that his administration "misrepresented the intelligence and the threat from Iraq".<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction#cite_note-16" target="_blank">[17]</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curveball_(informant)" target="_blank">A key CIA informant in Iraq</a> admitted that he lied about his allegations, "then watched in shock as it was used to justify the war".<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction#cite_note-Admit-17" target="_blank">[18]</a>"""</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Other Side, post: 846793, member: 17969"] """During the lead-up to war in March 2003, [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Blix"]Hans Blix[/URL] had found no stockpiles of WMD and had made significant progress toward resolving open issues of disarmament noting "proactive" but not always the "immediate" Iraqi cooperation as called for by [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UN_Security_Council_Resolution_1441"]UN Security Council Resolution 1441[/URL]. He concluded that it would take “but months” to resolve the key remaining disarmament tasks.[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction#cite_note-3"][4][/URL] The United States asserted this was a breach of Resolution 1441 but failed to convince the UN Security Council to pass a new resolution authorizing the use of force due to lack of evidence.[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction#cite_note-4"][5][/URL][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction#cite_note-5"][6][/URL][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction#cite_note-6"][7][/URL] Despite being unable to get a new resolution authorizing force and citing section 3 of the Joint Resolution passed by the U.S. Congress,[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction#cite_note-7"][8][/URL] President Bush asserted peaceful measures couldn't disarm Iraq of the weapons he alleged it to have and launched a [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_War"]second Gulf War[/URL],[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction#cite_note-8"][9][/URL] despite multiple dissenting opinions[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction#cite_note-9"][10][/URL] and questions of integrity[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction#cite_note-10"][11][/URL][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction#cite_note-11"][12][/URL][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction#cite_note-12"][13][/URL] about the underlying intelligence.[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction#cite_note-13"][14][/URL] Later U.S.-led inspections agreed that Iraq had earlier abandoned its WMD programs, but asserted Iraq had an intention to pursue those programs if UN sanctions were ever lifted.[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction#cite_note-14"][15][/URL] President Bush later said that the biggest regret of his presidency was "the intelligence failure" in Iraq,[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction#cite_note-15"][16][/URL] while the Senate Intelligence Committee found in 2008 that his administration "misrepresented the intelligence and the threat from Iraq".[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction#cite_note-16"][17][/URL] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curveball_(informant)"]A key CIA informant in Iraq[/URL] admitted that he lied about his allegations, "then watched in shock as it was used to justify the war".[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction#cite_note-Admit-17"][18][/URL]""" [/QUOTE]
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