Interesting revision. To make a long story as short as possible:
Invading Kuwait was settled in the first Gulf war in 1991, twelve years earlier. That was not the reason for the second Gulf war which commenced March 2003.
Not honoring a cease fire was a non-issue. So he might, or might not have, fired on U.S. planes flying over his country and bombing and strafing Iraqi assets. No planes were shot down nor American lives lost.
He was not trying to convince anyone he had WMD. In fact in a CBS interview February 2003 with Dan Rather on 60 Minutes he denied over and over again he had WMD. The next day Ari Fleischer dismissed the interview as 60 minutes of lies.
Hans Blix’s, U.N. team of inspectors could find no WMD. Bush did not wait for the inspectors to finish and report before invading.
January 2003, Iraqi representative, Hassan al Obeidi was reported to have offered U.S. negotiator Hage to send in 2000 FBI agents to confirm no WMD. The U.S. response was that it was a non-starter.
Many NATO countries including France, Germany, and Canada; also Russia and NewZealand, strongly opposed the invasion on the basis there was no proof of WMD.
Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O’Neill reported that the invasion of Iraq was being planned from the time of Bush’s inauguration. 9/11 provided the excuse to invade.
The U.S. Congress approved use of force in 2002 on the basis of false evidence of WMD.
The U.N. did not formally approve the invasion, making it an illegal war of aggression under international law.
Interesting revision. To make a long story as short as possible:
Invading Kuwait was settled in the first Gulf war in 1991, twelve years earlier. That was not the reason for the second Gulf war which commenced March 2003.
Not honoring a cease fire was a non-issue. So he might, or might not have, fired on U.S. planes flying over his country and bombing and strafing Iraqi assets. No planes were shot down nor American lives lost.
He was not trying to convince anyone he had WMD. In fact in a CBS interview February 2003 with Dan Rather on 60 Minutes he denied over and over again he had WMD. The next day Ari Fleischer dismissed the interview as 60 minutes of lies.
Hans Blix’s, U.N. team of inspectors could find no WMD. Bush did not wait for the inspectors to finish and report before invading.
January 2003, Iraqi representative, Hassan al Obeidi was reported to have offered U.S. negotiator Hage to send in 2000 FBI agents to confirm no WMD. The U.S. response was that it was a non-starter.
Many NATO countries including France, Germany, and Canada; also Russia and NewZealand, strongly opposed the invasion on the basis there was no proof of WMD.
Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O’Neill reported that the invasion of Iraq was being planned from the time of Bush’s inauguration. 9/11 provided the excuse to invade.
The U.S. Congress approved use of force in 2002 on the basis of false evidence of WMD.
The U.N. did not formally approve the invasion, making it an illegal war of aggression under international law.