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To: epicure who wrote (139986)	7/12/2004 3:32:53 PM
From: cnyndwllr	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 281500

Since republicans and democrats were getting the same perverted intelligence, it's no wonder they came to the same conclusions. Of course we know that they didn't all come to the same conclusions based on that evidence. Even some Republicans concluded that there was no rush to war with Iraq and questioned the intelligence. The one thing that the Bush people did really competently was to create such a fear-laced climate on Iraq, with such a "we know things even you don't know," undertone that those whose voices could have countered theirs were silenced by the fear of committing political suicide. Even our "free press," or has that become "for profit press," was cowed. It says a lot about the people who serve this country politically that so few of them stood up and spoke their convictions. Even Richard Clarke was silent although his feelings were passionate and he had more information than almost anyone. I don't think there will be any "Profiles In Courage," volume two, books written about this generation for this episode in American politics.