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Originally Posted by Cimarron29414
As my personal politics have evolved over the years, I started at "right battle, wrong time" and arrived at "wrong battle." What I cannot understand is how the words of one man seemed to carry so much weight? This happens to all of us, we hear what we want to hear and we look no further. For most of us, the consequence is ignorance. In this case, the consequences were lives and treasure lost.
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It's always been my belief that the Bush administration *wanted* to invade Iraq (and wanted to do so, even prior to September 11, 2001). This defector was just used to lend some legitimacy to their actions.