"Bush didn't give a fuck about the intelligence"

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The next day, Sept. 18, Tenet briefed Bush on Sabri. "Tenet told me he briefed the president personally," said one of the former CIA officers. According to Tenet, Bush's response was to call the information "the same old thing." Bush insisted it was simply what Saddam wanted him to think. "The president had no interest in the intelligence," said the CIA officer. The other officer said, "Bush didn't give a fuck about the intelligence. He had his mind made up."

http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/09/06/bush_wmd/

Read the article....

[AndyA]

1. Reminds me of the little kid who refuses to go to bed.

He's had water. He's got his jammies on. He's tired. But he refuses to go to bed. He just digs in and refuses, there's no compromising with him, he just isn't going to do it no matter what you say or do, it isn't going to happen.

Grow up, George. :eyes:

[speedoo]

2. K&R nt

[liberalmuse]

3. If this doesn't get him impeached....

nothing will. It is Congress' duty to investigate this and start impeachment proceedings ASAP. Anytime now...

[Marr]

4. I think saying that he'd decided there were WMD there is giving Bush too much credit.

It's not that he believed the weapons were there-- he simply didn't care.

He wanted to invade, and he didn't *care* if his sales pitch was a lie. He didn't care about the aftermath, or how pissed off people would be for having been lied to, or anything else.

[tanyev]

5. See, when you've got a faith-based presidency all you have to do is pick what you want to believe

and then stay the course.