> It turns out they didn't secretly have reliable information the rest of us didn't. They were blinded by conviction and ideology.
They really, really wanted to invade Iraq. It never made any sense from the rhetoric alone. Yes there were true believers, yes there were the propagandized officials and newsmen and opinion makers, a mad fervence of sorts. It never made any sense, and yet it was sure to happen, and what for? Why spite ourselves so?
I don't know why, but I do know at the core whatever the reason it was coolly rational, strategic, and not good.
They really, really wanted to invade Iraq. It never made any sense from the rhetoric alone. Yes there were true believers, yes there were the propagandized officials and newsmen and opinion makers, a mad fervence of sorts. It never made any sense, and yet it was sure to happen, and what for? Why spite ourselves so?
I don't know why, but I do know at the core whatever the reason it was coolly rational, strategic, and not good.