that's where we disagree. i believe that cheney and/or bush helped to mold intelligence to support their case for war and intentionally brushed aside or ignored the clues that the intelligence was flawed. i also think they knew the intelligence wouldn't hold up under the intense scruitiny it eventually got, but by that time we would already be in a position of no return.
and i'm not saying they did this out of spite. i think they did it because they truly beleived that a US presence in the middle east was necessary to impact the growing threat of terror and to redirect attacks on US soil. taking the war to the terrorists - we're basically giving them the fight they want but over there. i'm just very very very upset about how they went about it. no need to pull the wool over our eyes.
