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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNeocons’ stunning Iraq revisionism: Why they’re still divorced from reality
http://www.salon.com/2014/06/20/neocons_stunning_iraq_revisionism_why_theyre_still_divorced_from_reality_partner/In a column entitled Bushs toxic legacy in Iraq, terrorism expert Peter Bergen writes about the origins of ISIS, the brutal insurgent/terrorist group formerly known as al Qaeda in Iraq.
Bergen notes that, One of George W. Bushs most toxic legacies is the introduction of al Qaeda into Iraq, which is the ISIS mother ship. If this wasnt so tragic it would be supremely ironic, because before the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, top Bush officials were insisting that there was an al Qaeda-Iraq axis of evil. Their claims that Saddam Husseins men were training members of al Qaeda how to make weapons of mass destruction seemed to be one of the most compelling rationales for the impending war.
There was no al Qaeda-Iraq connection until the war; our invasion made it so. We have known this for nearly a decade, well before the murderous ISIS even appeared.
There was no al Qaeda-Iraq connection until the war; our invasion made it so. We have known this for nearly a decade, well before the murderous ISIS even appeared. In a September 2006 New York Times article headlined Spy Agencies Say Iraq War Worsens Terrorism Threat, reporter Mark Mazetti informed readers of a classified National Intelligence Estimate representing the consensus view of the 16 disparate spy services inside government. Titled Trends in Global Terrorism: Implications for the United States, the analysis cited the Iraq war as a reason for the diffusion of jihad ideology: The Iraq war has made the overall terrorism problem worse, said one American intelligence official.
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Neocons’ stunning Iraq revisionism: Why they’re still divorced from reality (Original Post)
xchrom
Jun 2014
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malaise
(268,713 posts)1. The neo-cons are greedy clueless
war criminals with not one iota of knowledge about the world. Plunder, loot and kill anyone who disagrees and call it freedom and democracy.
xchrom
(108,903 posts)2. i didn't understand them the 1st time around...
and now they sound positively unhinged.
the thing that bothers me is that 'crazy' in important public policy is so acceptable.
malaise
(268,713 posts)3. They have always been unhinged
and I think we're seeing that crazy is not as acceptable these days. I don't think they anticipated the condemnation they are facing this time around.
xchrom
(108,903 posts)4. from your lips to god's ears. nt
FiveGoodMen
(20,018 posts)5. Maybe they know better and just want US to be divorced from reality
When dealing with influential types, never attribute to stupidity what can easily be explained as deceit.
(They didn't get where they are by accident)