"Ed Huntress" wrote in message
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On Sun, 12 Apr 2015 11:02:30 -0400, "Jim Wilkins"
wrote:



Bush inherited and believed Clinton's intelligence failure. His own
intelligence failure, Curveball, was accepted because it concurred
with the existing assessment.
http://www.worldpolicy.org/blog/2013...s-about-spying

It was accepted because it's what they wanted to believe.

No, they had a plausible and internally consistent case that conformed
to the previous Administration's risk assessment, though both were
based on faulty intel. Delaying action until you can confirm
everything is avoided as "Analysis Paralysis". I'm not saying they
didn't stretch it to justify their intents, that's been standard
practice since the Pharaohs.

Don't confuse Bush with the self-deluding current Administration, who
tried to spin the trail of piddle that marked 0bama's retreat into a
"Line in the Sand".

Republicans have a larger base of sound foreign policy and military
experience to recruit from, while Democrats have more labor lawyers.

-jsw