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Whatever the current state of the war is now, the original plan was not sold as the US freeing Iraq.

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Maybe. WMDs were a major reason why we went to war. But freedom for the Iraqis has always been part of the reason too. Towards the end of Bush's State of the Union address in 2003, he says this:

"The dictator who is assembling the world's most dangerous weapons has already used them on whole villages, leaving thousands of his own citizens dead, blind or disfigured.

Iraqi refugees tell us how forced confessions are obtained: by torturing children while their parents are made to watch. International human rights groups have catalogued other methods used in the torture chambers of Iraq: electric shock, burning with hot irons, dripping acid on the skin, mutilation with electric drills, cutting out tongues, and rape.

If this is not evil, then evil has no meaning.

And tonight I have a message for the brave and oppressed people of Iraq: Your enemy is not surrounding your country, your enemy is ruling your country.

And the day he and his regime are removed from power will be the day of your liberation. "

Couple that with the fact that since we took over the country, we began rebuilding Iraq and it's clear that while WMDs were the main cause for the war, liberating the Iraqis was also integral part of the war. We felt it was so important that we named the military operation responsible after it.