Subject: Pre War Intelligence Saw Iraq Insurgency
Just like Bush I and his advisers foresaw the break up of Iraq if they marched on to Baghdad.Bush II was given the same information and had he asked his father instead of God he would have gotten the same response. Why anyone in his right mind would go into this cauldron and spill Amercan blood defys logic. At the very worst have some plan to deal with the insurgency. Bush ignored the advice of every General that testified during the Armed Services hearings about what would be needed... at a minimum 500,000 troops to face this. Mr Bush chose to disregard all of them and plunged us into this quagmire. He sent the fruit of our nation without adequate body armor and vehicles that were not fit for the roadside explosives that would make amputees of the soldiers now in Walter Reed Hospital.
Once a "C" student always a "C" student. Can u blame the rest of the world for not following George into the Abyss. Thousands of hours of phone transmissions untranslated sit at the National Security Agency and FBI untranslated because we dont have the translators or funding to do so. Is the plot that will destroy America in there. Explosives still smuggled on planes 3 years after 9-11. Osama Bin Laden living the Resort life in Iran thanks to U No anti-missile systems installed on our aircraft..Spanish speaking Al Quada cells crossing our border with Mexico daily casing targets all over the United States. Nuclear power plants guarded by sleeping $6.00 an hour security guards. Mr. Bush I doubt there will ever be
A MORE USELESS PRESIDENT as long as this nation exists. AL Quada cant wait till ur re-elected.they probably donated to your campaign. No one could ask for a more ignorant adversary. You look like Howdy Doody but I think he had more sense. I try and control the disgust i feel for u as a worthless life form but u tax all human endurance and understanding. Iran and North Korea are waiting for the "Army Ants" to devour the Anaconda in their jaws in Iraq. U made it so easy.
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U.S. Prewar Intelligence Saw Possible Iraq Insurgency
Tue Sep 28, 5:13 PM ET Top Stories - Reuters
By Tabassum Zakaria
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. intelligence report before the Iraq (news - web sites) war warned that an American invasion could lead to rogue elements fighting the new Iraqi government and U.S. forces, sources familiar with the report said on Tuesday.
While the classified report did not call it an insurgency, it raised the possibility of guerrilla warfare in a postwar Iraq, sources said.
Intelligence reports compiled in January 2003 predicted that an American invasion would result in a divided Iraq prone to internal violence, and increased sympathy in the Islamic world for some terrorist objectives, the New York Times reported on Tuesday.
The assessments were compiled from the views of various intelligence agencies by the National Intelligence Council which reports to the CIA (news - web sites) director.
There was a "big stack" of prewar intelligence reports that said there was a high degree of possibility of insurgency and unrest, and that "winning the peace will be harder than winning the war," one source familiar with the reports said on condition of anonymity.
Another government source dismissed the significance of prewar predictions of unrest in a postwar Iraq. "Anybody who studied Iraq for a semester could say that was possible," the source said.
Since U.S.-led forces invaded Iraq last year, a persistent insurgency has developed, attacking American troops and Iraqis who are trying to create a new government.
"The president was very well aware of the challenges that we faced if the decision was made to go and remove Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) from power," White House spokesman Scott McClellan said.
"He's also very well aware of the consequences of not acting to remove Saddam Hussein's regime and hold them accountable in a post-September 11th world," he said.
President Bush (news - web sites) has downplayed a National Intelligence Estimate prepared this summer which gave three outlooks for Iraq, the worst being civil war.
Bush first said that report was "guessing," and then said he should have instead called it an estimate. Bush also said the report talked about possibilities, not probabilities.
Just like Bush I and his advisers foresaw the break up of Iraq if they marched on to Baghdad.Bush II was given the same information and had he asked his father instead of God he would have gotten the same response. Why anyone in his right mind would go into this cauldron and spill Amercan blood defys logic. At the very worst have some plan to deal with the insurgency. Bush ignored the advice of every General that testified during the Armed Services hearings about what would be needed... at a minimum 500,000 troops to face this. Mr Bush chose to disregard all of them and plunged us into this quagmire. He sent the fruit of our nation without adequate body armor and vehicles that were not fit for the roadside explosives that would make amputees of the soldiers now in Walter Reed Hospital.
Once a "C" student always a "C" student. Can u blame the rest of the world for not following George into the Abyss. Thousands of hours of phone transmissions untranslated sit at the National Security Agency and FBI untranslated because we dont have the translators or funding to do so. Is the plot that will destroy America in there. Explosives still smuggled on planes 3 years after 9-11. Osama Bin Laden living the Resort life in Iran thanks to U No anti-missile systems installed on our aircraft..Spanish speaking Al Quada cells crossing our border with Mexico daily casing targets all over the United States. Nuclear power plants guarded by sleeping $6.00 an hour security guards. Mr. Bush I doubt there will ever be
A MORE USELESS PRESIDENT as long as this nation exists. AL Quada cant wait till ur re-elected.they probably donated to your campaign. No one could ask for a more ignorant adversary. You look like Howdy Doody but I think he had more sense. I try and control the disgust i feel for u as a worthless life form but u tax all human endurance and understanding. Iran and North Korea are waiting for the "Army Ants" to devour the Anaconda in their jaws in Iraq. U made it so easy.
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U.S. Prewar Intelligence Saw Possible Iraq Insurgency
Tue Sep 28, 5:13 PM ET Top Stories - Reuters
By Tabassum Zakaria
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. intelligence report before the Iraq (news - web sites) war warned that an American invasion could lead to rogue elements fighting the new Iraqi government and U.S. forces, sources familiar with the report said on Tuesday.
While the classified report did not call it an insurgency, it raised the possibility of guerrilla warfare in a postwar Iraq, sources said.
Intelligence reports compiled in January 2003 predicted that an American invasion would result in a divided Iraq prone to internal violence, and increased sympathy in the Islamic world for some terrorist objectives, the New York Times reported on Tuesday.
The assessments were compiled from the views of various intelligence agencies by the National Intelligence Council which reports to the CIA (news - web sites) director.
There was a "big stack" of prewar intelligence reports that said there was a high degree of possibility of insurgency and unrest, and that "winning the peace will be harder than winning the war," one source familiar with the reports said on condition of anonymity.
Another government source dismissed the significance of prewar predictions of unrest in a postwar Iraq. "Anybody who studied Iraq for a semester could say that was possible," the source said.
Since U.S.-led forces invaded Iraq last year, a persistent insurgency has developed, attacking American troops and Iraqis who are trying to create a new government.
"The president was very well aware of the challenges that we faced if the decision was made to go and remove Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) from power," White House spokesman Scott McClellan said.
"He's also very well aware of the consequences of not acting to remove Saddam Hussein's regime and hold them accountable in a post-September 11th world," he said.
President Bush (news - web sites) has downplayed a National Intelligence Estimate prepared this summer which gave three outlooks for Iraq, the worst being civil war.
Bush first said that report was "guessing," and then said he should have instead called it an estimate. Bush also said the report talked about possibilities, not probabilities.
