Make this paragraph more neutral: eventually, clumsy declarations by some hard-line right-wing members of the bush administration, such as deputy secretary for defense paul wolfowitz's infamous statement that "for bureaucratic reasons, we settled on one issue, weapons of mass destruction, because it was the one reason everyone could agree on" further undermined the legitimacy of the invasion, and international confidence in the good faith of the usa.
eventually, clumsy declarations by some hard-line members of the bush administration, such as deputy secretary for defense paul wolfowitz's infamous statement that "for bureaucratic reasons, we settled on one issue, weapons of mass destruction, because it was the one reason everyone could agree on" further undermined the legitimacy of the invasion, and international confidence in the good faith of the usa.