Quote Originally Posted by dragonrider
No. It wasn't a "subjective" interpretation of some facts that could be seen either way. Colin Powell went to the UN and offered what they claimed was solid objective proof. It turned out to not be true. SOME of it can be attributed to bad intelligence, but a good portion of it was things that the CIA already knew to be false. That amounts to a lie.
At the time much of the intelligence used, verification of the authencity was not complete. There is no doubt in my mind they manipulated intelligence to make their case to go to war. However it's the method they used to sell their case, there's no way anyone can prove they lied, that's the magic of puffery. No one can prove intent. No one can prove they fabricated evidence. No one can prove they intentionally used faulty intelligence to go to war.

If that were the case, wouldn't the democrats have jumped at the chance to impeach Bush? They know that they don't have a case, nor can they prove it.

The day the lies are affirmed is the day it'll be in history books. Until then you'll have people like Rusty who could still make a case that the Iraq invasion was legitimate.