The Terror Conspiracy Revisited by Jim Marrs

Author:Jim Marrs
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781934708743
Publisher: Red Wheel Weiser

ANCIENT TECHNOLOGY IN BAGHDAD?

The record shows that plagiarized papers, secret pre-planning, a lack of post-war planning, distortion of evidence, fear-mongering, and outright lies permeated the Bush administration's effort to win support for the invasion of Iraq. No wonder so many other US allies declined to back the US effort before and after the war.

Support among the American public consistently spiraled downward, from the first couple of years following the invasion of Iraq when a distinct majority of Americans supported the war. Of particular interest is an October 2002, poll done by Pew Research Center in collaboration with the Council on Foreign Relations which indicated “a solid majority” of 62 percent supported a war to oust Saddam Hussein.

By early 2006 that showed less than 30 percent support. By February 2008, a Pew Research Center national polling showed a 54 percent majority said the US made the wrong decision in using military force in Iraq. Only 38 percent said it was the right decision. Last March, 49 percent said the decision to go to war was wrong, while 43 percent said it was right. During the third and fourth years of the conflict public opinion on this question was divided, while in the war's first two years clear majorities backed the decision to use force in Iraq.

In the run up to the invasion, there was scant coverage of dissenting voices, such as the march by 100,000 to 150,000 people in Washington on Sunday, October 27, 2002. Led by celebrities such as musician Patti Smith and actress Susan Sarandon, the protests were hailed as some of the largest in the nation since the Vietnam War. Jesse Jackson told a crowd gathered by the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, “If we launch a pre-emptive strike, we will lose all moral authority. We must have a higher order than a one-bullet diplomacy.” The protest marches came following a poll conducted for the New York Times and CNN that showed half of those queried were uneasy at the prospect of war with Iraq.

As war approached in early 2003, there were large demonstrations in both America and other nations, and the day of March 15, 2003 witnessed what some called the largest day of anti-war protest ever witnessed on the planet. Protest rallies involving an estimated 30 million people took place in England, Germany, Spain, Belgium, France, Turkey, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, and Australia, and other countries—including thousands of arrests. But none of this seemed to sway President Bush, who declared, “If the UN won't act, if Saddam won't disarm, we will lead a coalition to disarm him.”

On March 20, 2003, Bush made good on these words by launching US forces across Iraq's borders. By the time of the actual invasion, the cause celebre had been pared down to the search for weapons of mass destruction (WMD). One intriguing premise is that just such weaponry was indeed recovered but not any of the conventional technology thought to be in the possession of Saddam Hussein.

US troops promptly made a bee-line

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