One More Justification for Iraq War Shot Down

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There have been quite a few reasons given for our invasion of Iraq, and the necessity of removing Saddam Hussein from power. One of those reasons--hopefully low on the list--was that Hussein tried to assassinate George H.W. Bush, and that the younger Bush was getting his revenge. Now even that reason seems to be suspect.

If any good comes of this, maybe it will be a profound skepticism next time a "Decider" tries to take us--no rush us--to war. Unfortunately, I'm not that optimistic.

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Pentagon report finds no evidence of Saddam attempt to assassinate Bush

In President Bush's view, former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was many things -- a developer of weapons of mass destruction, an ally of al Qaeda and "a guy that tried to kill my dad." [snip]

Now skepticism is newly enveloping allegations of an Iraqi plot to assassinate former President George H.W. Bush during a trip to Kuwait in 1993. . .

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