"...surely you'll scoff at the 'they had Weapons of Mass Destruction', argument, which is even more patently false than the first one."
It didn't matter whether Iraq possessed WMD. The surrender treaty signed to end Desert Storm required them to allow inspections. They instead shot at US aircraft and forbid UN inspections. Therefore the war was justified to kick down their doors and look around.
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"...surely you'll scoff at the 'they had Weapons of Mass Destruction', argument, which is even more patently false than the first one."
It didn't matter whether Iraq possessed WMD. The surrender treaty signed to end Desert Storm required them to allow inspections. They instead shot at US aircraft and forbid UN inspections. Therefore the war was justified to kick down their doors and look around.