If the President can't depend on the CIA for intelligence, what data points, exactly, is he supposed to use to make decision? One minute you are saying how the NIE shows the war was a huge mistake, the next minute you are saying the CIA (and therefore the NIE) are irrelevant. Which is it?
On Dec 9, 2007 7:37 AM, Gruss G wrote: > > > Show me the 2002 CIA report that said there was physical evidence that > Hussein was building a stockpile of WMD and preparing them for use > against US interests. And then explain why Iraq was more dangerous > than North Korea where that data exists. > > It's not about the CIA. It's about looking at all the data points and > making the right call. Mr. Bush not only didn't do that, but the > judgement he did make, and continues to make, are horribly flawed and > this latest NIE is more proof of that. Why? Because it shows an > administration talking about WW III while his own internal team is > telling him different. > > Whether the CIA is right or wrong is irrelevant. It's not about them, > it's about the President's judgment and his process he uses to make > those judgments. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get involved in the latest ColdFusion discussions, product development sharing, and articles on the Adobe Labs wiki. http://labs/adobe.com/wiki/index.php/ColdFusion_8 Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:248006 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
