[thfuran]

>I am generally an optimist and I believe these wars were started with good intentions

That seems well past the bounds of optimism. Was there anything approaching consensus in the intelligence community that Iraq was even meaningfully related to 9/11?

[voyager1]

The way you said it, I guess not. Quick Google says that Bush though they had weapons of mass destructions, but they were never found. What are you implying is the real reason behind Iraqi war? Did US benefit anyhow from Iraqi war?

[thfuran]

Them being suspected of having weapons of mass destruction is hardly sufficient cause for war. There are, after all, many countries that we know for sure have them.