Dr. Kay holds that, based on the information provided to the administration, "it was reasonable to conclude that Iraq posed an imminent threat".
Ineffectively organized after annexation and corrupt in its cities' internal administration, it was soon overrun with Italian businessmen and Roman tax collectors.
Within the administration, it was the product of refusing to listen to its economists and listening instead to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner.
Pig 15 had to be euthanized prematurely because of its poor clinical condition; 7 weeks after HoMS administration, it was found in a lethargic state, feverish, and unwilling to eat.
That produced enough for roughly a dozen weapons, but the facility was decrepit, and under an agreement with the Bush administration it was shut down in 2008, with television cameras running as its cooling tower was blown up.
However corrupt and bureaucratic the Kurdish administration, it was still better than that in Baghdad.
For the Obama administration, it was vindication of a different approach to foreign policy.
"For me and for this administration, it was a call to action," he said.
For the administration, it was the start of a disastrous week.
Although it remained a centre of law and administration, it was now a capital without a parliament or government.
While it was a bold move for the Bush administration it was a far cry from presidential-level engagement.
