As time marches on and the Democrat-controlled Congress and Senate probes ever more into the Iraq War and what assessments were made about it before the Coalition of the Willing invaded Iraq, the revelations emerging are appalling. Such predictions as there were on the table were extremely negative and warned of dire consequences.
The Washington Post reports:
"Months before the invasion of Iraq, U.S. intelligence agencies predicted that it would be likely to spark violent sectarian divides and provide al-Qaeda with new opportunities in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a report released yesterday by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. Analysts warned that war in Iraq also could provoke Iran to assert its regional influence and "probably would result in a surge of political Islam and increased funding for terrorist groups" in the Muslim world.
The intelligence assessments, made in January 2003 and widely circulated within the Bush administration before the war, said that establishing democracy in Iraq would be "a long, difficult and probably turbulent challenge." The assessments noted that Iraqi political culture was "largely bereft of the social underpinnings" to support democratic development.'"
An interesting question arises here. Were these diabolical reports provided to John Howard and Tony Blair? A fertile line of probing and questions for some good journalists.....
The Washington Post reports:
"Months before the invasion of Iraq, U.S. intelligence agencies predicted that it would be likely to spark violent sectarian divides and provide al-Qaeda with new opportunities in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a report released yesterday by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. Analysts warned that war in Iraq also could provoke Iran to assert its regional influence and "probably would result in a surge of political Islam and increased funding for terrorist groups" in the Muslim world.
The intelligence assessments, made in January 2003 and widely circulated within the Bush administration before the war, said that establishing democracy in Iraq would be "a long, difficult and probably turbulent challenge." The assessments noted that Iraqi political culture was "largely bereft of the social underpinnings" to support democratic development.'"
An interesting question arises here. Were these diabolical reports provided to John Howard and Tony Blair? A fertile line of probing and questions for some good journalists.....
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