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[โ€“] geekworking@lemmy.world 38 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Maybe he believed it, maybe not.

My take is that Bush was trying to sell the WMD bullshit so hard he wouldn't be above telling allies that he could make flying monkeys shoot out of his ass if he thought that it would get him any support for his war to enrich defense contractors.

[โ€“] minkymunkey_7_7@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Always follow the money.