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To: KLP who wrote (121845)	6/23/2005 10:31:20 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793809

Doesn't the DSM say that Bush had been planing the war before the war was approved? Yes. And yet, the MSM says generally, that Bush and team didn't plan the war well... Yes. you with me so far? Yes. I'm sure I'm missing something... And, yes. <g> That Bush planned to invade Iraq way back when doesn't mean that the war was well planned, only that planning started early. That he planned, had already decided, to invade Iraq early suggests that the decision process was deceptive, that he was predisposed to go to war so he either intentionally twisted the intelligence to fit his decision and lied to us or mistakenly saw in it what he wanted to see because of his predisposition and rushed to judgment. The DSM is not favorable to Bush. It is not fatal in that it can be spun and rationalized--the Post cut him slack on it--but it is definitely not favorable. Ergo the MSM suppressing it is not part of their conspiracy to undermine Bush. It is in his interest that the DSM story doesn't get much attention. That article that I posted after doing the Google news search that you recommended was pissed at the MSM for hiding information that was unfavorable to Bush. The Post article that triggered this colloquy was more balanced but not something that supported the notion that the MSM was upset. If they were upset, it was only because they were scooped by the dreaded bloggers, not because of their position on Bush or his war.