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KansDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-07-07 10:55 AM
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19. It's amazing how intelligence is clear and concise when it benefits the Bushistas.
...but murky and "misinterpreted" ("mistakes were made") when it doesn't.

I guess they learned two lessons:

(1) Don't claim a rogue nation has weapons until you get them planted for certain (no more invasions based on speculation)

(2) Make sure the forged documents really don't look like forged documents!

Oh, and it helps to bring in a former critic to bolster your case.

A couple of notes:
The Taliban receives larger supplies of weapons through profits from opium dealing, officials say, but the Iranian presence could be significant.--Bush lifted the restrictions on poppy farming when he invaded Afghanistan...

The April convoy was tracked from Iran into Helmand province and led a fierce firefight that destroyed one vehicle, according to the official analysis. A second vehicle was reportedly found to contain small arms ammunition, mortar rounds and more than 650 pounds of C4 demolition charges.--nice use of the billion-dollar spy gadgetry and techniques we tax-payers have purchased. Too bad we can't use this to find OBL...

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