re: The fact is they wern't there when we said they were.
A point I will concede as we apparently had very bad intel.
Unfortunatly, the conspiracy mongers see that single fact and then use it and many made-up "facts" to make the claim that the grounds for war were fraudulent. (Ie. Bush Lied, Blair Lied, Etc...)
Would we have gone to war knowing that Sadam had no WMD? I really don't know for sure, but I think yes...In some regards, the whole WMD issue always got in the way of the true reasons for war, which involved Sadam's providing a safe haven, money, and general support for terrorists.
Scott Evil