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	Name:	Talullahhound -
	Subject:	No, I'm not saying that
	Date:	3/21/2011 8:55:19 AM

First of all, I'm not saying an opportunistic Obama is better than an opportunistic Bush.

What I am saying is that there was an agenda with regard to the Middle East in general and Iraq in specifically. Elements of the Bush administration came in with the idea of taking Saddam out, and as a "great experiment" wouldn't it be great to create a "democracy" in Iraq to send a message to Iran and Syria. (Those are the real problems) I'm speculating that Bush was predisposed to hear them out, because he felt that his father let Saddam off the hook in the Gulf war (and Saddam tried to kill Bush 41). And it was known that Saddam was looking around the black market for the ingredients for WMD. (BTW, almost every "non-nuclear" nation or at least elements in those countries is rumored to be looking for the ingredients for WMD, has expressed interest in developing a nuclear weapon, and there is a legitimate fear that other countries will help them do it)

So it is suggested to the intelligence community by Tenet that the analysts focus on Iraq and WMD. The Brits report that they have been approached by a source who says that he worked in a "chemical weapons" plant in Iraq. Curveball had his own agenda when he went to the Brits. The intelligence community was skeptical about Curveball, since they couldn't collaborate it, but Tenet decided to run with it since it supported discussions.