What We Thought of Saddam Before 9/11/01

Another interesting bit of old news I stumbled across while not looking for it. Here is a video clip from two separate interviews in which Secretary of State Colin Powell and National Security Advisor Condoleeza Rice state that Iraq is not a threat to the U.S.

I think the most interesting part of that clip is Colin Powell's use of the phrase "weapons of mass destruction." Back then it was mostly a military and intelligence term; since then it's been the center of the worst told lie in American history.

One interesting angle this takes on, though, is the conspiracy theory that the Bush administration knew beforehand of the events that were to transpire on 9/11/01. If they really knew of the attacks beforehand, would they really have gone out of their way to tell the American people and the world that Iraq was harmless? For that matter, if the Bush administration truly had Saddam in its crosshairs since Inauguration Day '01, would they make these statements? Is this all just red herring? At this point, who cares? The bottom line is we're occupying a country that was never a threat, imposing democracy as if it was our job. If the people want democracy, let them revolt.