Originally Posted by Gurkha

The problem is that this gives fuel to the fire, now Iraqis who have always believed that US didn't come to rescue them from Hassan and instead made a flimsy excuse of WMD to get Iraqi oil and plunder Iraq, thats how many will see it when precedence is given to characters like this. All credibility is lost. Next time when you will need true allies, it will be the story of crying wolf.