Bush knew no Iraq link pre-9/11:
US President George W Bush was informed 10 days after the September 11, 2001 attacks that US intelligence had no proof of links between Iraq and this act of terror, The National Journal reported today.
Citing government documents as well as past and present Bush administration officials, the magazine said the president was briefed on September 21, 2001 that evidence of cooperation between Iraq and the al-Qaeda terrorist network was insufficient.
Bush was also informed that there was some credible information about contacts between Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda that showed that the Iraqi dictator had tried to establish surveillance over the group, according to the report.
Saddam Hussein believed the radical Islamic network represented a threat for his secular regime...
Being the leader of a country means you make your decisions based on
credible evidence - not conspiracy theory hogwash.
Either he knew and he lied (when he could have dispelled the rumor) because he was building a case for a war that had been on the table for some time, or he chose to disbelieve his experts and really is an idiot. Which is it?
Maybe both...