Facts about the Iraq War
Saddam Hussein was NOT supporting Al-Qaeda. There was no significant connection between Iraq and the 9/11 attacks.
No Weapons of Mass Destruction have been found, though the US spent nearly a billion dollars and two years searching. (Only much older, depleted munitions were found).
Documents claiming that Iraq was trying to obtain uranium from Niger were forged.
The Downing Street Memo (see www.wikipedia.com, DowningStreetMemo.com and www.TomPaine.com ) establishes that the Administration deliberately falsified intelligence data on Iraq.
Intelligence analysts who disagreed with the evidence for the war lost their jobs.
3,830+ US soldiers have been killed; at least 30,000 were injured.
150,000+ civilians are dead; many times that many were injured or displaced.
$500+ billion have been wasted; including billions on corruption and no-bid contracts.
The situation in Iraq is deteriorating into a state of civil war that favors Shiite Iran and its radical Islamic revolutionaries.
The war was rushed, poorly planned, and poorly managed, with numerous US generals opposing Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's strategies.
Solidiers have been forced to endure multiple tours of duty, with inadequate leave, amidst a religious civil war with no end in sight.
Meanwhile, the real fight against terrorism was bungled: the Administration ignored warnings about 9/11, and Osama bin Laden was allowed to escape.
Prisoners have been sent overseas to be secretly tortured. The Administration has continued to oppose strict rules on torture.
Prisoners have been herded in concentration camps without trial, in violation of US and international standards.
The Administration has continued to use the words “terrorism” and “Iraq” together, despite the lack of connection between Saddam and Al-Qaeda.
The war has been a distraction from the fight against terrorism and has weakened the US. Worldwide we are viewed as aggressors.
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