A declassified document provides further evidence (as if any were needed!) that the administration was engaged in outright deception of the public in the run-up to Shrub's War. The following article from the CSM is a must-read:
[Excerpt] The Feith office alternative intelligence assessments concluded that Iraq and al Qaeda were cooperating and had a "mature, symbiotic" relationship, a view that was not supported by the available intelligence, and was contrary to the consensus view of the Intelligence Community. These alternative assessments were used by the Administration to support its public arguments in its case for war. As the DOD IG report confirms, the Intelligence Community never found an operational relationship between Iraq and al-Qaeda; the report specifically states that," the CIA and DIA disavowed any 'mature, symbiotic' relationship between Iraq and al-Qaida."
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Ugh. I'm tired of everything I said coming true. Wy doesn't this work when I play the ponies or choose my teams for the NCAA pool?!?
I actually forecast that the arming and organizing of militants in Afghanistan in the 80s would backfire. And this was back when I was in high school.
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