Bush and his HANDLERS knew that the American Public would not support a new war UNLESS they scared the CRAP out of everyone.
That's why you saw Dick Cheney talking about "MUSHROOM CLOUDS".
They are doing the very same thing with IRAN these days.
Why didn't the GOP do this when the Soviet Union first got thier nukes, which they stold from the USA?
Once the cats (nuclear technology) is out of the bag it pretty hard to get it back in.
Many people in the past 5 years have said the same thing that Tenet is saying. Bush and his cronies wanted to take Saddam out before they were appointed to office.
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Thats not the reason they gave though is it. You might think it's okay to be fed lies and suck it up but I don't.
This is also the second book to say these things so it just reaffirms.
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I don't think they lied. i think they gave what was classified as questionable intelligence - things they could not prove one way or the other. And I think Guebatz is you link to the fact that they weren't lying, just didn't have the full story where everything was. What you are dealing with is a combination of things. The WMD's was simply what was on the intelligence table at the time, so that was given as the reason to go finish the job.
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PS. Another thought - probably limiting their reasonings as explained to the public in such a narrow focus is part of the problem. They should have put all their reasoning on the table at the time. Problem was that 9/11 was fresh on everyones minds so they probably figured they need not muddy the waters - this is where you political screw up came from. |