Genius, do you remember the UN resolutions against Iraq? How about the treaty Hussein agreed to after the first Gulf War, when he invaded another country. Remember how he agreed to UN weapons inspectors? Then he decided he'd jerk around the international community and not let the inspectors do thier jobs. Lets alsdo talk about firing on our planes patrolling the no-fly zone. Do you remember when he was warned about repercussions? What did you think those would be? More sanctions?

Here's another one. Remember when he used poison gas (aka a WMD) against his own people? This is a man who was a sworn enemy of the US, who previously had WMD, and...stay with me now...USED THEM!! This man would have no problem selling these weapons to our enemies.

When he would not open his closets, as he was required to by the UN, that is when we decided that something had to be done.

And not for anything, but to address your charge of lying, would that also mean that Russia, Germany, France, and England also all lied? Because you do realize a fair amount of thier intelligence went into the decision making process as well, right?