Not a lack of intelligence, just the use of intelligence.

In the last day or so, Resident Bush has emphasized the intelligence that we are sure about. He stated, (approximately)that anyone who knows the history of the Saddam regime knows that he possessed biological and chemical weapons. Further that he had used them. There is no lie or contradiction in this belief. It is just that we are uncertain Bush knows the meaning of "history" or intelligence, or indeed "possessed" or "used". For these are all past tense.

Now we have a Resident who may not know what "was" is.

If intelligence has some evidence, we must find out who provided it to him and how it was filtered for him. It is more than knowing where the buck stops, but where did it start?

NOTE TO READERS:

There is nothing new to report, just a more artistic or poetic version of an earlier situation. How true? Check for double meanings. How subtle? Others may be more intentional. Vague? A strategy, not necessarily mine.

Just a little ramble here, to point out that nothing has changed only versions are being spun. Some versions were already apparent to many of us. Hype? I try to avoid. But that is what the administration used, and even got caught up in. They fell for their own hype, got carried away, and still don't know why they can't handle it. The truth, they thought we could not handle. The hype it turns out may be their downfall.

Caution! Blurred metaphors, both ahead and before.

SELF EN-TITLED...RULES

[11-10-11 title upgraded and link added.]
(Defining our way to wars), Or beating around the Encarta* Bush.
Fighting terrorism, the cause,
finding Patriotism, the effect.

We fight the terrorists: defined

Somebody using violence for political purposes:
somebody who uses violence or the threat of violence, especially bombing, kidnapping,
and assassination, to intimidate, often for political purposes. *

We become the patriots: defined

Supporter of own country: somebody who proudly supports
or defends his or her country and its way of life. *

In need of an un-redefined way out,
Still in need of defining a way in.
Still having a ways to go.

Still going… I intentionally borrowed, no Bush or Blair intended.

Uncertain the rules allowed, the matter is now embedded.

Uncertain an asterisk did it, I did not wish to take too much credit[**].

The following: Take it or leave it.

* Encarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition] ©
& (P)2003 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Developed for Microsoft by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.

You thought it was all over, so if you’re not with it, you’re again it.
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