In fact, I'm thinking that almost everyone in this community said this at one point or another, and if you didn't say it, by golly you were thinking it...
A classified National Intelligence Estimate prepared for President Bush in late July spells out a dark assessment of prospects for Iraq, government officials said Wednesday.
The estimate outlines three possibilities for Iraq through the end of 2005, with the worst case being developments that could lead to civil war, the officials said. The most favorable outcome described is an Iraq whose stability would remain tenuous in political, economic and security terms.
Shorter NIE: Dark and Darker.
But hey, Saddam is gone and the mosaic on the floor of the Al-Rashid hotel has long since been destroyed. Had Preznit Wastrel asked anyone why the Brits gave up their occupation of Iraq, someone might have told him. Not that he'd have listened of course...he needed his wagging dog for the upcoming election.
Oh, and Osama bin Laden, he's still a free man. Just thought I'd mention that.
posted by Jo Fish on 09.15.04 at 10:08 PM
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Osama bin Laden? Who's he, I kind of remember that name, but Sadams's gone and now the freedom loving people of Iraq are the enemies of our true freedom. Don't you realize that if we lose in Iraq ther'll be an Arab Terrorist in my very backyard. I sure hope that he watches out for the dog droppings out there.
posted by: carson on 09.16.04 at 10:23 AM [permalink]
Let's compare this current Estimate with the Estimate at the time in 2003 that Bush Jr. attached Iraq. As a Harvard trained MBA, Bush Jr. should know how to analyze Estimates, but what is his record?
posted by: Shag from Brookline on 09.16.04 at 10:45 AM [permalink]
