"ESAD" wrote in message ...

On 12/10/12 6:29 AM, Eisboch wrote:

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We also should be looking for people who don't lie for their
political
advantage.

Who do you have in mind? Every politician exaggerates, and some, like
Bush and Cheney, far worse than others, and with much deadlier
consequences.

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When Susan Rice erroneously reported "spontaneous demonstrations" in
Libya, "based on the best Intel at the time", she was given a free
pass.
I don't doubt her ... it was probably the only intelligence info at
first.

Think what you want of Bush and Cheney, but for at least 6 months not
only did the CIA and other American intelligence agencies, but pretty
much the rest of the world's agencies were reporting weapons of mass
destruction existing in Iraq. Personally, my hunch is they *did*
exist but were hurriedly transported to Syria. If you recall, there
were many reports of truck movements from Iraq to Syria in the months
leading up to the war.

But, whatever. There were still many mistakes made, probably more by
the egotistical Donald Rumsfeld than anyone else.

Question: When the overwhelming majority of Americans favor an
immediate troop withdrawal from Iran, isn't that a mandate to our
political leadership? It's not just Republicans dragging their feet
and trying to justify more dead.