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		stogot 10 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Syrian government falls in end to 50-year rule of ... Yes, and iirc it was mostly a single source (spy) lying to the US & Brits

bigfatkitten 10 months ago [–]

The intelligence assessment agencies largely saw through the bullshit and said as much, but it was politically expedient for Bush, Blair and Howard to go with the lie.

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