Stretching Intelligence to "the Outer Limits"

Funny thing about Iraq: by now every even vaguely objective and well-informed person knows that we were dragged in via a misuse of intelligence. But the Bush apologists keep up their rear-guard action, making just enough noise to convince those not paying attention that the issue is still controversial. My prediction is that they'll keep this up for about fifteen or twenty years, until they'll no longer pay a price for having foisted Bush off on us--and then they'll say something like "oh, well, nobody thought the case for war was any good; we certainly didn't. Everybody was wrong, including the Democrats in Congress. But that's ancient history..."

(Unless, of course, Iraq's magically got better by then, in which case you know what they'll say then...)

Anyway, though there isn't much room left in the Iraq coffin, here's one more nail to squeeze in:

Britain was "dragged into a war in Iraq which was always against out better judgment" the former deputy head of MI6 has claimed, in a remark that will reignite the debate over political interference in the war. Nigel Inkster, who was deputy director of MI6 at the time, make clear there were reservations over the war at a very senior level within the Secret Intelligence Service.

Read all about it here. [via metafilter]

The very fact that there are those who will continue to try to obfuscate the facts means that it's important to keep telling the truth about this dismal chapter in the history of our nation and the world.