What if it turned out every dark thing you suspected was true?
And what if you had to get your news from another country to find it out?
Political Animal sums up the hard documentation pretty well:
In other words, by summer of 2002 Bush had already decided on war regardless of Saddam Hussein's actions; democracy promotion was not even mentioned in passing as a reason for the war; postwar reconstruction was an issue of no concern; and, as Andy Card tacitly admitted even at the time, the "marketing campaign" for the war was deliberately timed to coincide with midterm elections.
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