[techweenie]

cmccuitst: "I would have been skeptical if the tables were turned and a Republican accused Clinton of fabricating reasons to invade a country. I never did believe the wag-the-dog/tomahawk launch when Monica was testifying. No one could be that ruthless."

True.

What frustrated me at the time was that Clinton got slammed for whacking an 'aspirin factory' which was (of course) misidentified as WMD plant by our own sterling intelligence folks. Why Clinton (or later, Bush) didn't fire these folks for making the US look bad is beyond me.

The funny thing is that the 'Monica's Missiles' attack might be the most concerted effort to date to get OBL launched by the US to date. While the Repubs and right-biased media laughed it off, it was a BIG attack.

As for the Bush LIED argument, well, time will tell...

My view is that Bush and his Administration pushed their sources toward rationalizing an attack on Iraq. Disingenous or evil? your call. But I find there is a lot of congruity between Woodward's account, O'Neill's account, et. al.