CIA warned of risks of war in the Mideast
From what has been being released from the real CIA report it looks like White House and some lawmakers from both parties lied to the American and shifted the blame on the CIA for an ill thought out invasion of Iraq. Do you think lawmakers and the White House who knew about this information (Hillary, McCain, Edwards…….) should apologize to the American people and the CIA for either blaming their vote on faulty intelligence, when the report was clear as to the issues about war with Iraq?
MSNBC-In a move sure to raise even more questions about the decision to go to war with Iraq, the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence will on Friday release selected portions of pre-war intelligence in which the CIA warned the administration of the risk and consequences of a conflict in the Middle East.
Among other things, the 40-page Senate report reveals that two intelligence assessments before the war accurately predicted that toppling Saddam could lead to a dangerous period of internal violence and provide a boost to terrorists. But those warnings were seemingly ignored.
““Going into Iraq, we were warned about a lot of things, some of which happened, some of which didn’t happen,” Bush said.” ????
So he had a crystal ball? And, it was wrong? How often? 97 percent of the time? 3 percent of the time?
And, if you read exactly what he says, “Going into Iraq we were warned …” He’s only talking about warnings made AFTER the decision to invade and occupy Iraq.
I want to know about what he was briefed on prior to making any decisions on Iraq.
His public statements and the statements made on his behalf by Cheney et al (and Fox Spews) show exactly what Bush expected.
A show piece victory for the Bush Administration.
THAT was the Bush crystal ball prediction.
100 percent wrong.
HEY BILL!
Had to shout amid the cluster pucks.
So nation building is a bad idea for westerners in the Middle East? Eh?
Wanna tell me how many countries were formed by nation building, map makers, and western powers that still exist today?
OPS!
I think your slip is showing, eh?
Chris,
Then Ron Paul is just the first step. The party is controlled by neocons right now. It’s going to take several election cycles for anything to change in the GOP.
[...] The only problem is the NEI report proofs that Bush and any lawmaker who voted for the Iraq war blew off the warnings from the CIA and Military intelligence. While I do think Bush manipulated the intelligence to make his point about why to invade Iraq, yet many Democrats knew that and said nothing and voted for the war. [...]