Re:Facebook whistleblower says she wants to fix company, not...
by michaelt on Monday October 04, 2021 @05:32AM
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> Citation needed that this was a knowing conspiracy as opposed to bad intelligence.
There were literally UN weapons inspectors in Iraq, and the "intelligence" couldn't guide them to a single weapon [1].
It was widely reported, even before the invasion, that the intelligence had been "sexed up" [2] - such as the inclusion of claims that WMDs could hit the UK within 45 minutes. Of course the politicians in charge knew the intelligence had been sexed up - they ordered it.
There are also memos agreeing to invade regardless of whether WMDs could be found [3].
There were literally UN weapons inspectors in Iraq, and the "intelligence" couldn't guide them to a single weapon [1].
It was widely reported, even before the invasion, that the intelligence had been "sexed up" [2] - such as the inclusion of claims that WMDs could hit the UK within 45 minutes. Of course the politicians in charge knew the intelligence had been sexed up - they ordered it.
There are also memos agreeing to invade regardless of whether WMDs could be found [3].
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hans_Blix&oldid=1...
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=September_Dossier...
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bush%E2%80%93Blai...