Something About Being Wrong

" The U.S. has disbanded its team that searched for weapons of mass destruction in post-war Iraq."
" Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction were cited by both the U.S. and Britain as the primary reason for the March 2003 invasion of the country and the overthrowing of Hussein's regime." Both quotes from ctv.ca

You might say "yah, Bush was wrong!" You'd be right. But actually, I'm talking about myself. I was wrong. In January and February 2003 I was making final preparations for my trip to Korea (one day of packing and many days of enjoying doing nothing). During that same time the U.S. was stepping up their charges against Iraq. I remember the day I watched Colin Powell address the United Nations. They had slides showing mobile weapons trucks that were apparently driving around Iraq so as to not be discovered. They had slides showing suspected WMD labs. They had "chatter" which was collected over that past year. And there was sincerity in Powels voice. "Go get 'em!" I said to myself. So, in March of that year, that's what they did. And at the time I was glad. Thing is, like everybody else, I don't like being lied to. I'm not saying Powell lied, but somewhere in the Bush administration there were false accusations being made. Someone was lying, or at least exaggerating. The number one reason (and, at the time, the ONLY reason given) for the United States going into Iraq was because they posed an immediate threat to the Western World through their possession of WMD. Now, two years later, the United States officially says there were no WMD in Iraq. The UN has said there haven't been WMD there since the Gulf War. Does this make you think? Say I go and beat up "Billy" because I thought he said something bad about me. Later it turns out Billy didn't say anything bad about me at all. The least I can do is apologize to him. It's not all bad, though. Now the U.S. has control of major oil supplies in the Middle East. Do you think they knew that would happen before they went to Iraq? Bush is dumb, but not that dumb.