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1600 Sesame Street:

"The bottom line is that the previous administration, this administration, members of both parties in Congress, foreign governments all saw that -- all felt that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction. Now, we know that much of the intelligence was wrong, and that's why the President put in place an independent, bipartisan commission to look at those issues and to recommend reforms. We are moving forward on those reforms and putting them in place.
It's important for the President to make sure that he is using the best possible intelligence when making decisions about how to confront the threats that face this country and face this world."

Scott McClellan, White House Press Secretary 10.Apr.06
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"...felt that..."
They felt it.
Those feelings may have been wrong, but they were sincere feelings, and that's what counts.