On a essay I wrote i got hammered a few times for using the 'passive sentence' (or passive voice) and my prof asked me to rephrase them as active constructs.

The invasion of Iraq was initially scheduled to be a short term interception of weapons of mass destruction.


It is important to keep in mind that at this time, policy makers still did not have definitive proof of Saddam Hussein having weapons of mass destruction

It is also possible that close ties between senior Bush administration figures such as Vice President