Pelly never mentions the fact that Hussein's government did in fact disclose that it had eliminated its WMD. Instead Pelley presses Piro on the irrelevant question of why Hussein was hiding the fact that he had no WMD.
In asking such a question, Pelley and other prominent U.S. news correspondents diligently dodge the well-established facts of the run-up to war and loyally follow the made-up story first presented by Bush four months after he forced the U.N. inspectors out, when he began claiming that Hussein had never let them in.
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Pointing out some of the same things, Thom Hartmann gave the following (paraphrased here) report during a recent radio broadcast:
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1441 required the vote of the Security Council in order for the invasion of Iraq to begin. That vote never took place. Therefore, the invasion of Iraq was illegal. However, six months after the invasion, the Security Council passed another resolution, at the urging of the United States, essentially forgiving the United States for breaking international law by invading Iraq -- for we had indeed violated resolution 1441. All this is a matter of public record.
Furthermore, the Senate resolution that Hillary Clinton and John Edwards were condemned for voting to support, clearly stated that the only way Bush could use force against Iraq is if he, Bush, certified in writing to the Senate, within 60 days of commencement of hostilities, that there was CLEAR EVIDENCE that Saddam Hussein was somehow linked to the events of 9/11. And in fact, about 40 or 50 days after the invasion, George Bush did write a letter to the Senate saying that "I certify and I swear that Saddam Hussein was involved in the events of 9/11." A copy of this letter is available at www.whitehouse.gov
Subsequently, however, Bush has publicly admitted that Saddam did not have anything to do with 9/11.
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