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Originally Posted by Motorboat Cruiser

Why do you suppose that the Bush administration didn't choose to sell the war that way from the get go?

You see, I think he did. I think the media chose to ignore certain aspects. Yes, he claimed there were WMD. Why did he make such claims? Two reasons - our intelligence and the intelligence of our allies (and even some non-allies) said they did, and the aspects of the cease fire that would have allowed us the full and unfettered access to sites to confirm or debunk this were repeatedly violated.

In the pre invasion (or immediately post invasion) speech, he stressed this. He stressed the 17 or so UN resolutions. He did stress those aspects. The media, in their coverage, did not.

This IS how he justified the invasion.