Now that Curveball, America’s most valued Iraqi source prior to the war, has admitted that he lied in order to get rid of Saddam, more truth is coming to light:
Colin Powell's ex-chief of staff said Thursday the former Secretary of State was lied to and manipulated by Vice President Dick Cheney into justifying the US invasion of Iraq.
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Lawrence Wilkerson, a retired Army Colonel who ran Powell's staff at the time, was asked by MSNBC's Cenk Uygur if he believes he and Powell were "flat-out lied to."
"I cannot come to any other conclusion," he responded, saying that some intelligence sources had warned Curveball may not be reliable. "I think there was some manipulation of the material and there was some outright lying."
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But Wilkerson lamented that even if Curveball had not existed, "we still would have gone to war with Iraq because George W. Bush and Dick Cheney were absolutely intent to do so."
So there you have it. Bush’s mind had already been made up, whether to avenge his father or ensure cheaper oil for the US, and the country was bound to go to war in spite of all the evidence of its uselessness, no matter the cost in treasure and lives.
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