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Boo · 10-05-2004, 01:05 AM

It appears that there is currently no link between SH and BL. This is contrary to the belief of this administration following 911. Unfortunately this link was used as a basis for invading Iraq and it was possibly based on poor intelligence. I wonder if the intelligence community was misreading or overestimating the value of information gathered. I also wonder how this information was presented to this administration. Was it presented as truth or as snippets of data, subject to interpretation?

A president has to react to the information presented to them. Poor information equals poor decisions. Personally, I find it hard to swallow that Blair would support our efforts without at least some British intelligence collaborating what we had a the time.

I truly believe that there is more to this story and that it will take years to come out. Nitpicking each and every statement made is not productive without all the evidence.

I do hope that we, as a nation, have learned from this experience.

10-05-2004, 01:05 AM	#15 (permalink)
Boo Leave me alone! Location: Alaska, USA	It appears that there is currently no link between SH and BL. This is contrary to the belief of this administration following 911. Unfortunately this link was used as a basis for invading Iraq and it was possibly based on poor intelligence. I wonder if the intelligence community was misreading or overestimating the value of information gathered. I also wonder how this information was presented to this administration. Was it presented as truth or as snippets of data, subject to interpretation? A president has to react to the information presented to them. Poor information equals poor decisions. Personally, I find it hard to swallow that Blair would support our efforts without at least some British intelligence collaborating what we had a the time. I truly believe that there is more to this story and that it will take years to come out. Nitpicking each and every statement made is not productive without all the evidence. I do hope that we, as a nation, have learned from this experience. __________________ Back button again, I must be getting old.