Bak Posted April 30, 2008 Report Posted April 30, 2008 even if it the majority have been fought for stupid reasons, it doesn't make the reasons any better.
Aceflyer Posted April 30, 2008 Report Posted April 30, 2008 in mid-late 03, once Hussein was captured and it was shown that there were no WMD's in Iraq, the President still had a 71% approval rating. His approval rating started dropping once people realized that the war was not going to end any time soon. IIRC the Administration and the various intelligence agencies continued to assert even then that the WMDs had, in fact, been there and had mysteriously vanished, and that US forces were still searching for them. Wasn't until much later that they conclusively admitted that the earlier intelligence indicating the presence of WMDs was faulty.
NBVegita Posted April 30, 2008 Report Posted April 30, 2008 It was pretty aparent when we captured Hussein and when the world publicized that there were no WMD's, that there were no WMD's. We didn't need to wait for the president to admit it before we believed it.
AstroProdigy Posted April 30, 2008 Report Posted April 30, 2008 (edited) You're !@#$%^&*uming everyone is as smart as you. Some people are naive and put their trust in the president. In fact most people are politically naive based on lack of knowledge in the subject. I'd say most Republicans still believed it just because they're Republicans, most Democrats didn't believe it just because they're Democrats, and some moderates believed it because moderates can't seem to make up their mind conclusively about anything. Edited April 30, 2008 by AstroProdigy
Aceflyer Posted April 30, 2008 Report Posted April 30, 2008 It was pretty aparent when we captured Hussein and when the world publicized that there were no WMD's, that there were no WMD's. We didn't need to wait for the president to admit it before we believed it. I had never thought Iraq really had WMDs when we went in this time, and I certainly believed they didn't by the time Hussein was captured. But it'd be a stretch to say that the nation as a whole realized that, especially with all the continuing claims from the Administration and the intelligence agencies saying that the WMDs were still around, just not found yet.
»D1st0rt Posted April 30, 2008 Report Posted April 30, 2008 It's foolish to assume that whether or not he had any WMDs to begin with, they would still be there once our troops arrived. When we didn't find any WMDs in Iraq, that itself was far from conclusive.
Aceflyer Posted April 30, 2008 Report Posted April 30, 2008 It's foolish to assume that whether or not he had any WMDs to begin with, they would still be there once our troops arrived. When we didn't find any WMDs in Iraq, that itself was far from conclusive. Yes, that is what most people believed until a long time later, when the government finally admitted there were probably no WMDs in Iraq before we went in and that the prior intelligence was faulty.
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