1. Sold us the WMD story. They loved Chalabi.
> Chalabi was peddling fabrications.
No WMD existed. No WMD programs.
2. Said U.N. sanctions had failed and the inspectors were deceived.
>
Sanctions ended WMD programs in 1991. Neocons misread Saddam.
3. Said we needed only 100,000 troops to keep the peace.
> After a year of trying to keep the peace Bremmer said that was
worst mistake.
4. Said Chalabi’s forces would rise up and help our troops and take power.
>
Chalabi's force could barely function.
5. Said major hostilities would end in about five weeks.
>
The third year is worse than the first.
6. Said Chalabi was the best bet to lead Iraq.
> A 2004 poll of Iraqis showed him to be
most distrusted with Saddam a distant second.
7. Said Chalabi was one of us.
> He
betrayed the US to Iran by giving them highly classified information.
8. Said no need to prepare for occupation.
> The occupation was 90% of the challenge and has been a
disaster.
9. Said Saddam's Baathists should be completely purged.
> Sacking the army may have been the
single worst mistake of the war.