There are increasing reports from U.S. and foreign sources that the intelligence information about Iraqi chemical and biological weapons was "shaky" at best, deliberately skewed to fit the requirements of the President at worst.
An example: Colin Powell was pushed to use a speech written by the Vice President's team, which included information about Iraqi software used to plan attacks. The CIa couldn't back that allegation up, so Powell refused.
At the time Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld claimed that the Iraqis were stockpiling chemical weapons, the Defense Intelligence Agency could find no reliable proof of those activities.
The top Marine Corps officer in Iraq, Lt. Gen. James Conway has since stated that the Intelligence they were provided regarding Iraqi weapons was just plain wrong, and DIA and State Department officials are claiming that Intelligence analysis was being forced "down from the top".
It looks like we're about to have the same problem in Iran, the Secretary of Defense's next target for a take over.
It is becoming clear that the strategy of the current Administration is to keep Americans whipped into a war frenzy in order to achieve its own ends, which begs the question: Where will it stop?
Posted by Chris at June 3, 2003 08:38 AM