On 2/26/13 8:58 AM, Eisboch wrote:


"F.O.A.D." wrote in message
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On 2/26/13 8:30 AM, J Herring wrote:


The Iraq war was initiated because our intelligence, the intelligence
of our allies, the leadership
of Iraq, and our Congress believed or announced the building and
storage of weapons of mass
destruction in Iraq.

Salmonbait

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That's just Herring lying to perpetuate the Bush Administration's lies.
The Bush Administration and its neocon supplicants cooked the intel out
of Iraq and cooked it over and over and over, and fed false intel to our
allies, too. This has been discussed openly for years, the Brits have
discussed how they were duped by cooked intel. The sad thing is that the
righties are still trying to rewrite the reality of the Bush
Administration's bull**** that got us into Iran.

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So, what was his motivations to "cook" the intel and "lie" to the nation
and the world?

I remember hearing, "It's all about the oil". No evidence of that
ever came to be.
I remember hearing, "Revenge for trying to assassinate his father". No
real evidence of that, other than speculation by some.
I remember hearing, "It's Cheney getting Hallibuton contracts" . Yes,
Hallibuton got contracts but they were the only company with the
resources to do them.

So, what's the real reason Bush cooked the intel and lied to the
world? Seems to me that even he is smart enough to realize what the
historical and personal ramifications would be if he knowingly lied and
conducted a war for personal reasons. I just can't buy that. If he
cooked the intel, then so did many others, including many Republicans
and Democrats in the Senate who saw the same reports, acquired
domestically and by our allies. What was Bush doing, sitting at his
computer, modifying the raw data and releasing it to Congress?


I recall news reports quoting Bush in meetings discussing "getting back"
at Iraq for targeting his dad.

But, I think the real reason Bush started a war against Iraq is because
after 9-11 and his failure to catch Osama, Bush's advisers, especially
Cheney, told him that lying us into a war against Iraq would be a good
way to assure his re-election.