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Originally Posted by aceventura3
No, I would not consider that a lie. First I would see it as my responsibility to know what classes I need to graduate. Second, I would assume you would have a bias and direct me to classes you thought were best.
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In the case of the Iraq War, many people didn't have access to the whole story. Those who did knew that Bush was misleading people.
As for directing you to the classes I think are best? It turns out that my opinions were quite simply wrong. Now you're ending up taking 6 years to get your BA in business.
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Originally Posted by aceventura3
If you knowingly mislead me, and knew the advice you gave would mean I would not graduate, yes - you lied. However, if you believed the courses you recommend would actual lead to my graduation, but in-fact they do not - you were either uninformed or incompetent.
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We've arrived back at the Bush conundrum: he either lied or is quite incompetent.
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Originally Posted by aceventura3
I think the intel the administration used was incorrect.
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I've already covered this:
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Originally Posted by Willravel
If all of the intel was incorrect, we should close the FBI, CIA, NSA, and all other intelligence services, starting from scratch. If some of the intel was wrong, then the intel that supported the war was clearly cherry-picked by[Bush]. If all of the intel was correct, then [Bush] above lied.
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