Inspect This, Mr. Bush

Swopa, at Needlenose, compares a Kevin Drum post to his something in his own archives regarding the whole WMD snipehunt.

Drum July 13, 04: Did the CIA screw up? Probably. Did it matter? No. George Bush invaded Iraq in March 2003 not because he was convinced Iraq had WMD, but because he was becoming scared that Iraq didn't have WMD and that further inspections would prove it beyond any doubt. Facts on the ground have never been allowed to interfere with George Bush's worldview, and he wasn't about to take the chance that they might interfere with his war.

Swopa Feb 01, 04 : Now, though, the truth is obvious -- the reason we couldn't let the inspections continue is that if they had, they would have found there was no threat at all. Which means there wouldn't have been a war -- and the Bushites couldn't afford to risk that.

Exactly. Of course, the whole point of the war was to shock and awe the Middle East into accepting US hegemony, while simultaneously providing Bush the Younger with some darn good footage for the '04 campaign. It sure didn't work out as planned though, eh?