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Originally Posted by Bingo
You replying to me?
I didn't say they were moved to Syria. Could have been, but I don't know. Enough was going on in Iraq to justify several UN resolutions and a bewildered Iraqi force to carry gas masks.
Sometimes good intel turns out to be bad intel and that was the case in my mind.
Tenet and the CIA wasn't giving Bush all the information, and countries like Britain and Russia were backing it up. Tough call. They weren't there so it's easy to say they shouldn't have gone in. But I didn't have that luxury when I supported the war, and unlike 1 in 3 Americans I consider it pretty weak to just change my mind now that it isn't going as well.
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Bingo-yeah, I was replying to you...sorry, should have been more clear.
I appreciate your response - you are correct. There was bad intel. At the same time, a lot of that intel was "cherry picked" in order to foment a particular action...
I have a different view of your last comment - I think it takes a
very strong person to step back and revisit the past and admit errors were made...as they say, "those who do not learn from past mistakes are doomed to repeat them".
IMO, this all goes back to the idea of "blowback"...and seemingly, each successive administration, both Republican and Democrat I might add, do not seem to see how past actions end up having consequences down the road.