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	Name:	Talullahhound -
	Subject:	You Really need to get over yourself
	Date:	9/2/2010 8:31:40 AM

If you read subsequent interviews with Colin Powell, you would know that he never felt good about the intel, and actually made them rework the briefing to tone it down because he felt the CIA analysts were reading into the intel, to support what the Administration had already decided. This is all well documented.

And in fact, most of what I have said here was submitted to Congress as testimony. Doug Feith did, in fact, create a seperate Iraq intelligence cell, headed by a former colleague of mine so he could create his own intelligence reporting. I realize that you do not understand the nuance of that.

You are making the mistake of assuming that what you see on the surface is what is really going on. And you miss the nuance, because you don't understand the environment. There are a lot of people in Washington behind the scenes that are not lobbyists (at least not declared lobbyists) or politicians, who move in and out of government, and have a great deal of influence in what happens. You don't know their names. They reside in think tanks, in academia, and as consultants who shape a great deal of US policy no matter who is in the WH.

But really, MM, you need to get over yourself, and open your mind a bit. Just because an idea doesn't fit your perception of how things are, doesn't necessarily make it wrong. Your sources, while admirable, are not necessarily any more correct than other sources. Your ideas, are just your ideas. We all tend to seek sources that support our way of thinking, but it doesn't mean that it is the only truth.