you should really parse the WMD stuff over again.  The history on this is as follows:  Post Iran-Iraq war Hussein had a WMD development program, and then the UN inspections regime came and put several of them &quot;under seal&quot;.  In the runup to the Iraq war, the US repeatedly asked where these sealed WMDs were and Hussein refused to disclose where they were or allow inspectors to see them, and the US spun that as implying that he COULD use them to supply terrorists with WMD (technically true, unlikely to actually happen).  Ultimately, after invading the US found them, and they were still &quot;under the UN seal&quot;, unable to be used in any military context.<p>The US also never argued that there was a direct connection with Bin Laden, just that Iraq was covertly supporting terrorism.  Which is similarly flimsy, limitedly true, and definitely manipulative of the US public.<p>So, the Bush administration was incredibly deft at taking minor truths and spinning them in the public&#x27;s mind as molehills that justified bigger action.  Not to justify their actions, but in the strictest sense, Iraq did have WMDs, and Iraq did support terrorists.