Foreign Policy In Focus by Stephen Zunes July 31, 2003 [source]
It is becoming increasingly apparent that the intelligence cited by President Bush regarding Iraqi military capabilities in the months leading up to the U.S. invasion of Iraq was in fact neither good, nor solid, nor sound and that the Iraqi regime–while, like a number of Middle East governments, was undeniably repressive–was not a threat to the United States or any other country. Perhaps of even greater significance, however, is that the president’s statements grossly distort the role of the United Nations and the international community…