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Originally posted by Sparhawk
Let's see, believe the politicians, who may or may not be using a justification to further their political ends, or the professional intelligence officers with much higher clearances than mine with no vested interest aside from their own sense of pride in their work?
Tough one, let me think about it...
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While I am not going to lay quite that much scorn on this, I am going to have to see this in the liberal media (no, not ABC and CBS, more like the Guardian or Mother Jones) before I swallow it whole.
Just one nibble though, if this is the straight dope, it's dynamite. Were it the case (note well the subjunctive) I would have to admit that, while the whole Iraq situation was poorly played at the highest levels (and brilliantly played on the ground by the Army and Marines in the early going) both in terms of planning and diplomacy, it may well have been justified.
However, for now it still looks a lot like a bloothirsty debacle for political points (though brilliantly executed in the early stages by the Army and Marines).
Sparhawk, love the name. <clouseau>Does your horse bite?</clouseau>