Gayle in MD
02-15-2006, 08:39 AM
Another extremely revealing account of the failure of the Bush administration to heed accurate, reliable expert warnings, or to tell the truth to the American People. In spite of the fact that this book is another commentary to the truth regarding the the lies Bush told us, and to the fact that the administration failed to take into consideration how the occupation they insisted upon, pointless as it was in response to 9/11, should be handled, since Republicans have managed to prevent any thorough investigations into those lies, failures, incompetence, even at the risk of making us safer, appropriate impeachment proceedings will continue to be squelched.
"It has become clear that official intelligence was not relied on in making even the most significant National Security decision, that intelligence was misused publicly to justify decisions already made, that damaging ill will developed between Bush policymakers and intelligence officers, and that the intelligence community's own work was politisized."
"Pre-War intelligence asserted Saddams weapons capacity, but the broad view within the U.S. and overseas was that Saddam was being kept in a box by United Nations sanctions, and that the best way to deal with him was through an aggressive inspections program to supplement sanctions already in place.
If the entire body of offficial intelligence annalysis on Iraq, had a policy implication, it was to avoid war, or if war was to be launched, to prepare for a messy aftermath.
Intelligence assessments, before the invasion, indicated a post war Iraq would not provide fertile ground for democracy, and would need a Marshall Plan type effort to restore its economy, despite its oil revenue, and a fight for power between Shiites and Sunni."
Mr. Pillar was the C.I.A.'s leading Counterterrorism Analyst, responsible for coordinating 15 Agencies within the Intelligence Community.
This book, ofcourse, is one in a long list of books which show how untruthful the administration was, how incredible their lies were, and how unprepared our forces were for the aftermath of the invasion, due to their incompetent decisions, costing the lives of many who could had been saved, had the administration heeded the warnings of experts in the intelligence arena, and especially regarding the numbers needed for a successful occupation, with the least number of fatalities. It is a very interesting read, for anyone interested in the truth.
Gayle in Md.
"It has become clear that official intelligence was not relied on in making even the most significant National Security decision, that intelligence was misused publicly to justify decisions already made, that damaging ill will developed between Bush policymakers and intelligence officers, and that the intelligence community's own work was politisized."
"Pre-War intelligence asserted Saddams weapons capacity, but the broad view within the U.S. and overseas was that Saddam was being kept in a box by United Nations sanctions, and that the best way to deal with him was through an aggressive inspections program to supplement sanctions already in place.
If the entire body of offficial intelligence annalysis on Iraq, had a policy implication, it was to avoid war, or if war was to be launched, to prepare for a messy aftermath.
Intelligence assessments, before the invasion, indicated a post war Iraq would not provide fertile ground for democracy, and would need a Marshall Plan type effort to restore its economy, despite its oil revenue, and a fight for power between Shiites and Sunni."
Mr. Pillar was the C.I.A.'s leading Counterterrorism Analyst, responsible for coordinating 15 Agencies within the Intelligence Community.
This book, ofcourse, is one in a long list of books which show how untruthful the administration was, how incredible their lies were, and how unprepared our forces were for the aftermath of the invasion, due to their incompetent decisions, costing the lives of many who could had been saved, had the administration heeded the warnings of experts in the intelligence arena, and especially regarding the numbers needed for a successful occupation, with the least number of fatalities. It is a very interesting read, for anyone interested in the truth.
Gayle in Md.