Dilbert_X wrote:
FEOS wrote:
Iraq was a "hunch" shared by several countries that surprised them all when it came to light that Saddam was running a WMD deception campaign against Iran the whole time. It was those indications that were picked up by multiple countries' intel services--just as was intended.
Not really.
No really.
Dilbert_X wrote:
A highly successful deception operation that should be put into textbooks for teaching future deception planners, IMO.
Thats easier than admitting the CIA don't have a clue eh?
It wasn't just the CIA. It wasn't just the US. Get. That. Through. Your. Skull.
Dilbert_X wrote:
Bush needed some made up intel to allow an invasion, the cart was before the horse.
I can find that interview again if you like.
Reading Scott Ritter ATM, pretty obvious there was no intel but there was an agenda.
The guys actually on the ground didn't believe there were WMDs at all.
That's OK. Don't bother to actually read what was written and then put some thought into it. Especially when it conflicts with your preconceived notions of reality. Too bothersome.
As said before: I can explain things to you, but I can't understand them for you.
Dilbert_X wrote:
As for the PC stuff, its all opinion and speculation until someone actually goes on the record.
People have gone on the record, Dilbert. That's the whole point. The problem is that the only people reporting it are not what people here consider "reliable sources".
Dilbert_X wrote:
As Varegg pointed out, it seems strange to go rampaging around the ME offending every moslem on earth, but not be prepared to have a chat with or move one little Army Major.
Does it really seem that odd? Look internal to how the UK handles Muslim issues. The UK is "rampaging around the ME offending every moslem (sic) on earth" but they don't seem prepared to chat with or move "problem" people in the UK for the same reasons. Look at just about every other Western country...you'll see the same bullshit PC pattern.
Dilbert_X wrote:
Really its just another effort to shift the blame onto all moslems for the shortcomings of the US intel services.
Nobody is blaming the Muslim community for the bullshit PC overreaction that may have led to this. They aren't the ones who instituted the rules and self-flagellation associated with PC.