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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: Bilow who wrote (104337)7/9/2003 4:17:22 AM
From: thames_sider  Read Replies (7) of 281500
 
For example, that story that Iraq was buying uranium from Africa. These kind of stories, with no hard evidence to back them up and coming from known liars, were doubted by "intelligence analysts", but the Bush administration put full trust into them.

You're being too kind. Do you really think savvy types like Cheney or Rumsfeld were fooled? Bush, maybe, but not these machine warmongers (and that's Bush's stance also). IMO, they knew this was bogus, weak rumour at best and probably false - but it fitted their pre-chosen decision to go to war.

Then they figured that
1) they could bluff it out
2) it would quickly be forgotten when the combat was easily and overwhelmingly won
3) they could attack the messenger to deflect from the message.

I expect they'll still get away with it now... even if/when they are removed from overt power, they'll keep the riches they sought.
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