Weekend Video Theatre: How The Nation Was Led To War

With the Iraqi defense minister conceding that "his nation would not be able to take full responsibility for its internal security until 2012, nor be able on its own to defend Iraq’s borders from external threat until at least 2018," it's obvious our Iraq adventure is far from over. So how'd we get here? Another look back at the big picture is warranted.

In a recent post at LJDemocrats, rivendweller alluded to the "false information" that the administration used to sell this war. A commenter asked for examples. I responded with Cliff Notes of the tale. If interested in this, you can read my (lengthy) responses... here.

And as a fairly decent summary, this Hardball segment from late 2005-



Remember that this was 2005. We're not discussing this history now. No one cares anymore.