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Creative Speculation

Bolo Boffin

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13. I sometimes think Bush leaked the NIE on Iran that shortchanged the buildup to that war

Reply to Deny and Shred (Original post)

Fri Nov 15, 2013, 01:25 AM

Nov 2013

Remember when that happened?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/01/AR2005080101453.html

Things like that don't just leak. No one got in any open trouble over that. But it kneecapped any talk of attacking Iran.

And then commuting Scooter's sentence, but no outright pardon? Cheney wasn't too happy about that, either.

But of course, you don't give people a pat on the back for doing what they should be doing. And staying the hell out of Iran and letting a guilty verdict stand is just exactly that.

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