OK, our intelligence agencies said Iraq had WMD's we acted on that only to find out theyquite possibly are wrong. And, Bush got blasted for acting on it. Now they are saying Iran abandoned their nuke programs. Now Bush gets blasted again. How can one have it both ways?
2007-12-05 05:05:18 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Let me make the question easier... Do you want Bush to trust the reports or not.
2007-12-05 05:10:16 · update #1
Walru... He listened to them when they said Iraq has WMD's now didn't he?
2007-12-05 05:11:01 · update #2
If you're a Bush-hater, having it both ways is just part of the territory. Intelligence collection by nature is an iffy science. Always has been, always will be.
Bush scored a victory with this latest revelation. It validates his stance on Iran, but somehow the media and the intelligentsia on these boards manage to spin it to portray it as somehow something bad. Damned if I can figure it out, but then I've always been a rational thinker.
2007-12-05 05:11:35 · answer #1 · answered by thegubmint 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Not as good as we like to think. There was a conscious effort to do away with live intelligence sources (not kill them just not pursue them) and replace them with all of our electronic gadgets. Those gadgets have proved useful but after learning of their existence our enemies learned ways around them. I don't think we have it both ways, I think Bush deserves to get blasted in both cases. The administration chose to ignore data in both cases that is contrary to the direction that they wanted to go. Colin Powell quit because he knew that WMD's were not a real threat yet Bush used "selective intelligence" to justify his actions. There were many people in the intelligence community who were astounded by Bushes insistence that WMD' s existed as a threat.
2007-12-05 05:16:52 · answer #2 · answered by baadevo 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't trust their judgment at all. How, tell me, can we trust this latest assessment, given their track record?? Or, is it possible there is some sabotage afoot, by certain State Dept. officials, to attempt to discredit the current administration??
2007-12-05 05:14:27 · answer #3 · answered by amazin'g 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why don't we hear about accurate intel that saves lives every day. It is impossible to be right 100% of the time. Especially in a region that dwarfs the U.S. in size.
2007-12-05 05:09:40 · answer #4 · answered by only p 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You can apply for them and see if you can do the job. It's an art - not a science.
2007-12-05 05:09:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think a better question is "how intellegent are our intelligence agencies?"
2007-12-05 05:22:14 · answer #6 · answered by robert c 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Our intelligence agencies are great! Our president just chooses not to listen to them!
2007-12-05 05:09:55 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
I think they are very good,,,to the highest bidder. Unfortunately for us in the US, we dont appear to have always been the highest bidder.
2007-12-05 05:11:26 · answer #8 · answered by Shoot-em-All 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Does it matter if the administration is just going to ignore them and cherry pick only what they want?
2007-12-05 05:13:49 · answer #9 · answered by RELAX 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋