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Originally Posted by sunvalleyslim
I don't believe it was lies that got us into the state of war. But rather very faulty intelligence gathering on our part......
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Half correct. It was faulty intelligence that the intel service was demanded by the political top to be produced. I remind in thos context of the "London missile memo". Intel was not asked to find out about the state of things, it was demanded to paint things like politics wanted it to appear like, it was not to describe a situation - it was to create an excuse. So it was faulty intelligence, as you say, but it was faulty intelligence that was ordered for. Let's not forget that this war was planned, wanted and outlined since the early 90s, and already back then put on paper and then waiting for a conservative president being unscrupellous enough to carry it out. A war of choice - not a war of needs.