Bob Woodward: Bush Didn't Lie About WMDs to Justify Iraq War, Previous President George W. Hedge did not lie about the vicinity of weapons of mass decimation to legitimize the Iraq War, columnist Bob Woodward said Sunday.
The contention has been utilized for quite a long time by Democrats and different depreciators, yet Woodward said on "Fox News Sunday" that his own 18-month examination demonstrated that Bush was really wary that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein had WMDs as Saddam guaranteed.
Despite the fact that a lot of mix-ups were made in the attack of Iraq, Bush really told CIA Director George Tenet, "Don't let anybody extend the case on WMD," Woodward said.
The reason the United States went into Iraq was "force," he said.
"That war arrangement continued showing signs of improvement and less demanding, lastly toward the end individuals were stating, 'Hey, look, it'll just take a week or two.'"
Despite the fact that it can be contended the war was a misstep, Woodward told host Chris Wallace, "there was no lie in this that I could discover."
Concerning President Barack Obama's choice to abandon no remaining power when American troops left Iraq in December 2011, Woodward demonstrated it would have been exceptional to have left 10,000-15,000 troops behind as "a protection approach" as military authorities recommended.
"We have 30,000 troops or all the more in South Korea still, 65 years or thereabouts after the war," Woodward said. "When you're a superpower, you need to purchase these protection arrangements, and he didn't for this situation. I don't think you can say everything is a direct result of that choice — yet obviously a variable
The contention has been utilized for quite a long time by Democrats and different depreciators, yet Woodward said on "Fox News Sunday" that his own 18-month examination demonstrated that Bush was really wary that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein had WMDs as Saddam guaranteed.
Despite the fact that a lot of mix-ups were made in the attack of Iraq, Bush really told CIA Director George Tenet, "Don't let anybody extend the case on WMD," Woodward said.
The reason the United States went into Iraq was "force," he said.
"That war arrangement continued showing signs of improvement and less demanding, lastly toward the end individuals were stating, 'Hey, look, it'll just take a week or two.'"
Despite the fact that it can be contended the war was a misstep, Woodward told host Chris Wallace, "there was no lie in this that I could discover."
Concerning President Barack Obama's choice to abandon no remaining power when American troops left Iraq in December 2011, Woodward demonstrated it would have been exceptional to have left 10,000-15,000 troops behind as "a protection approach" as military authorities recommended.
"We have 30,000 troops or all the more in South Korea still, 65 years or thereabouts after the war," Woodward said. "When you're a superpower, you need to purchase these protection arrangements, and he didn't for this situation. I don't think you can say everything is a direct result of that choice — yet obviously a variable
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