A full investigation of whether we went to war on false pretenses should begin now - by the Capital-Journal editorial board:
The United States went to war with Iraq, spent billions of dollars, lost nearly 200 American lives so far and killed thousands of Iraqi citizens, all because the Bush administration had convinced the public that America -- indeed the world -- was under imminent threat of being attacked by weapons of mass destruction and that Saddam Hussein was linked to al-Qaida...
More and more reports are surfacing that question not only the validity of the evidence but also how honest administration officials, including President Bush, were in disclosing that evidence. Did they selectively ignore anything that discredited their claims, or was the quality of the intelligence provided so bad? ...
The U.S. image around the globe has suffered greatly because of this war. If it is determined we went to war over false pretenses, it will take another hit, but not nearly as bad as looking as if we are covering it up.
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