Keep in mind, the No WMDs WAS the narrative after the fact. Pay no attention that the US had sold Iraq WMDs to use against Iran, that Saddam had used gas on the Kurds AND SHOT SCUDS into Saudi Arabia and ISRAEL at the beginning of the war, AND WikiLeaks revealed that Mustard Gas was found.
that was just the pretext, as soon as saddam tried to undermine the petrodollar system (and by extension the Dollar's Global Reserve Currency Status) back in 2000 by selling his oil for euros instead of USD his country was set for "regime-change" by the US.
Keep in mind, the No WMDs WAS the narrative after the fact. Pay no attention that the US had sold Iraq WMDs to use against Iran, that Saddam had used gas on the Kurds AND SHOT SCUDS into Saudi Arabia and ISRAEL at the beginning of the war, AND WikiLeaks revealed that Mustard Gas was found.
Iraq HAD WMDs.
that was just the pretext, as soon as saddam tried to undermine the petrodollar system (and by extension the Dollar's Global Reserve Currency Status) back in 2000 by selling his oil for euros instead of USD his country was set for "regime-change" by the US.