This is why we invaded Iraq
The infamous Curveball:
So his family, his friends, his co-workers and his employers, from Iraqi warehouses to German Burger Kings, all knew him to be a con man, crook and general nut. German officials warned the Americans not to use information provided by him, and weapons inspectors who investigated his claims before the war found them false.
But that still wasn’t enough to keep his valued “information” out of the hands of the special intelligence gathering operations of Rumsfeld and Cheney, who then passed it to the press, or from Colin Powell’s speech at the United Nations, or from George W. Bush’s 2003 State of the Union address, or from any of the myriad other administration reports used to justify the war. Truly, the Iraq War was a perfect example of a group of con men getting together and deciding to believe each other’s stories.
Coalition deaths in the Iraq War have recently topped 4,100. The number of Iraqi deaths are not known, and not counted.
Hunter at Dailykos: ‘Curveball’ Turns Out To Be Two-Bit Con Man
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