spies, lies, and weapons
kenneth m pollack, leading Iraq expert and intelligence analyst in the Clinton administration—whose book The Threatening Storm proved deeply influential in the run-up to the war (making a case for attack and invasion)—gives a detailed account of how and why we erred in our estimates of saddam hussein's weapons programmes... an attempt at correcting the record perhaps? certainly one to excuse his misguided recommendations.mr pollack begins by asserting that america and much of the rest of the world expected the WMDs discovered upon the fall of the regime. absolute rubbish! i didn't, the UN and their inspectors didn't, millions round the world didn't. as a matter of fact, i don't believe bush & co did either. there was never enough evidence. the president knew it because the cia knew it and so did the pentagon. so the issue is not that the intelligence was inaccurate, but why. and then whether it was known that it was or could be faulty and that it was still used to justify intentions and actions.
