Did Bush manipulate Iraq data?

[WarBlade]

An example of a manufactured quote: "We have proof the Iraq is harbouring weapons of mass destruction."

Thankyou for completely failing to comprehend that I was paraphrasing the common Bush administration soundbite targetted at the one incentive most nations could possibly view as justification for war. It does wonderous things to the bulk of your post, not the least of which is rendering it as a complete waste of time.

The closest the US has come to officially offering any proof at all was Powell's speech to the UN. 
The full text can be found here: Powell's speech on Iraq at the UN 5 Feb 2003

The word proof is used only once, in the sense of proof of intent:

I used the word "proof" as the only available single word I could think of to encompass the idea that various Bush Administration spokespeople have been projecting since '02. So what if the actual sentence is "Right now, Iraq is expanding and improving facilities that were used for the production of biological weapons," and whatever else it was that they specifically recited? Many key points have been presented as absolute values that can only be interpreted as "We have proof."

You can quibble over semantics all you like, but it won't change the story.

Edit: Did something nutty with pre-submit edit??? :unsure: Very weird