Re:Why “Trusting the Science” Is Complicated
by whatshisface on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @04:02PM
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That's overlooking the order of events - first the decision was made to invade Iraq, then the WMD claim was invented, then the public was convinced of the claim, and then Iraq was invaded. If you only consider the last two steps, then it would look like the second to last event was first. Sadly, public demand was a consequence, not a cause.
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Re:Why “Trusting the Science” Is Complicated
by goatlover on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @04:36PM
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I don't know whether it was actually invented or was the result of poor intelligence and the Bush administration wanting it to be true. At any rate, the public largely bought into it at the time.