The Road To War
Uggabugga has an Iraq Decision Timeline that puts things in order.
The only thing that was missing was the act of Congress that authorized an attack, so I pulled one from the CNN archives: Senate approves Iraq war resolution
Friday, October 11, 2002 Posted: 12:35 PM EDT (1635 GMT)
WASHINGTON (CNN) — In a major victory for the White House, the Senate early Friday voted 77-23 to authorize President Bush to attack Iraq if Saddam Hussein refuses to give up weapons of mass destruction as required by U.N. resolutions.Hours earlier, the House approved an identical resolution, 296-133.
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Notice the part I emphasized. Nothing is mentioned except the WMDs. The act authorized an attack for that single reason. Saddam had no WMDs. Saddam had given them up. Saddam had complied with the UN Resolution. Bush had no authorization to go to war. The war was illegal.
There was one, and only one reason for the war. That reason was stated in the Congressional resolution. That reason was reported at the time. None of the “other reasons” that have been trotted out by the Bushevikis since the start of the war have any relevance.
I never supported an attack on Iraq because we controlled the skies and could destroy Saddam at will. There was no point in moving in troops to die. We needed those troops to secure Afghanistan and capture Osama bin Laden, the man who was responsible for an attack on the United States. You don’t “fight terrorism” by allowing terrorists to wander free and issue press releases.
