Friday, October 21, 2005

The Chicken or the Egg

Much has been said concerning intelligence failures and the War in Iraq.

Joe Wilson has become a hero of sorts to some people, in spite of the fact that he has been shown to be less than honest. Why? Because he gave the Bushies a hard time. He doubted. hmm.

Now the experts say that there was no real evidence that Saddam had weapons or ties to terrorists. Many say it was merely a vendetta by the neo-cons against the innocent regime of stern dictator.

I do not believe this.

Why?

Well, it seems to me that if there were no evidence of any of this before Bush came to office we would have turned Saddam loose years ago. Nor do I know where to fit Tony Blair into the Halliburton chain of events. When exactly did the intelligence become false? The day Bush's hand hit the Bible and he swore to do his duty to the best of his ability?

My question is how did we come to forget the 90's? How is it that the decade of no fly zones and terrorists attacks and the murders of Saddam's own sons in law for ratting on him as well as the whole Food for Oil scandal has melted away?

Is this the memory hole George Orwell spoke of?

Or is someone messing with us by revising history?

If not for the war in Iraq would we know what we know today of Saddam and his regime? Was it the war or the CIA that uncovered the truth of Saddam's regime?

And do we know the truth even now?

In other words what came first?

Did the war bring knowledge or the did the knowledge bring war?

5 comments:

MeaninglessHotAir said...

The omniscient and omnipotent federal government of the United States has been found to be neither. Shock! The CIA Clowns are just making their best guess. Contemplating Valerie Plame and her husband for a few minutes will indicate how good that is.

We found weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. We found chemical weapons facilities, biological weapons laboratories, nuclear plans, and missiles that were proscribed by the UN. We did not find stockpiles. We uncovered a nuclear cabal involving Iraq, Libya, and others, provisioned by Pakistan with Chinese technology. Libya backed off from its nuclear plans, and that alone should be sufficient justification for the war.

But now that we have 90% won the war--we win again!--it's time for the backbiting and second-guessing to consume the America-hating Americans. If you can be guaranteed that you win every time then it's a great opportunity for armchair commandos to take the field.

Unknown said...

It is worth noting that if Saddam really were an innocent man he could have gotten clear of all this years ago just by doing what Kaddafi did.

I think what amazes me is the willingness to forget who the enemy is and focus on one another and minutae instead.

Unknown said...

davud:

Of course that is how they see it.

shudder.

MeaninglessHotAir said...

PeterUK,

Those are the questions which keep running through my mind as well. Until they are answered, I will feel completely in the dark about what is going on. Unfortunately these questions are never even being asked by the MSM, let alone answered by our intrepid reporting crew.

Nice to see you over here by the way!

Syl said...

“Did the war bring knowledge or the did the knowledge bring war?”

Nicely put.

The opposition is stuck in a pre-war mentality. They keep fighting the war over the pre-war just like they continue to argue over the 2000 election.

As if nothing has happened since.

To survive in this world, one has to adapt. And that means learn. And one cannot learn unless one actually recognizes changes in the world around you. Gains knowledge.

And you can't do that if you're stuck in the past.