Twenty Years Ago In Iraq: Ignoring Expert Weapons Inspectors Proved To Be Fatal Mistake – OpEd

By Robert E. Kelley*

Let me begin by saying, we were almost all wrong, and I certainly include myself here.’—David Kay, Head of the Iraq Survey Group, during testimony to the US Senate, 29 January 2004

The case for invading Iraq in March 2003 was built on three basic premises: that Iraq had weapons of mass...