Sorry I took the
as being to the self-defense rather than terrorist reference.
Now I definitely recognize that Iraq is a big country and we did give them plenty of lead time indicating we'd probably attack, so they had some time to dispose of, destroy, or hide WMD. BUT, at the same time, if our "intelligence" community is so effective about finding proof that Iraq had/has WMD, you'd think they'd be decent at finding it or having a good idea about its fate.
I've been questioning for a while whether Bush is really that much of a war monger, or if he is just being fed some silly sh*t by the CIA and NSA that is causing him to believe them and act on those beliefs. I still haven't decided for myself whether the CIA/NSA are wrongly leading Bush or not.....but either way, chances are I'll never know. Or at least it'll be a while before I do know.
I also recognize that the Pearl Harbor thing is a theory, however the theory is that we had intelligence that such a thing was going to happen and didn't act on it. The 2 hrs. warning not counting as aforementioned intelligence. However if the Navy had 2 hrs. to prepare for an attack like that (assuming they had considered the warning as a real threat), they could have done quite a bit. They would have lost some ships and a lot of men still, but the Japanese would have paid a far bigger price at that time for the attack. 2 hrs. can be a long time in times of war.
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