# Dick Cheney endorses Harris

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**Created:** [September 7, 2024, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-cheney-endorses-harris/1006881 "2024-09-07T01:25:58Z")\
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> [@kaylasdad99](#):
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> And it _wasn’t_ reasonable to presume that Hans Blix had done _his_ job correctly?

In his UN report, Blix said

> If Iraq had provided the necessary cooperation in 1991, the phase of disarmament – under resolution 687 – could have been short and a decade of sanctions could have been avoided.

It is well know that Hussien hampered Blix in his investigation.

> [@kaylasdad99](#):
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> As I recall, however explicitly he might have reported that Saddam wanted the world to think he had WMDs, he _also_ reported data that heavily implied that Saddam was only fooling himself on that score.

And the US intelligence community interpret the results differently and gave their advice to W. I’m not disputing you, I’m just saying the blame may not lay with W. but his advisors.

But for those that missed the Grand Opening, this discussion is now in [this thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-former-prresident-bush-manufacture-a-reason-to-invade-iraq-or-was-he-misled-by-bad-intelligence-he-thought-was-correct/1006912) to avoid hijacking this one. Not my idea but Whack-a-Mole’s.

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