http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/06/07/cia.mobile.labs/

So now we know were good ol’ David Kay, Mr. “Chief” Weapons inspector came up with the great, albeit, misleading idea of “Mobile Labs,” he had a very real notion of mobile weapons labs long before 2003 and the invasion of Iraq, he was after all tasked with the project to make them himself in 2001.

What a wonderful idea, let’s accuse Iraq of having this “ominous” weapons capability that could kill potentially thousands of U.S. soldiers in the filed of combat. What a better way to get the American people at home behind this invasion and fill up my pockets at the same time. Jimmy, how about you read up on SAIC corporations windfall profits, many of them no-bid contracts which they continue to receive regarding the Iraq war directly and indirectly. Also not, they have flopped several very costly projects yet they still continue to get more defense projects thrown their way. Coincidence?

Uhhh, yeah! Since when has the United States given two-shits about other countries’ intelligence assessments? We didn’t give a shit about their “assessment”
to postpone our unilateral invasion of Iraq in 2003 due to their skepticism concerning the validity of the “imminent threat” of Saddam Hussein’s Iraq. We just told half of the western world to, in French parlance: Fuck off!

Tell me, who were these “Arab” countries giving us this “spot-on” intelligence? Saudi Arabia? or perhaps Israel? You’ve got to be kidding me.

Our CIA knew Saddam already possessed “WMD’s” such as chemical and/or biological agents because we are the ones that sold him the shit in the first place. We even have Rummy on tape shaking the “evil” tyrants hand. So, all this crap about Bush be misled by “others” poor intelligence is
a sad, sadistic joke. Everyone knows that America is running the show here, America isn’t relying on poor little ol’ Kuwait or Yemen for our “smoking gun” now are we?

The truth of the matter is that Bush and his “New American Century” friends had this planned long beforehand. The invasion was going through. Whatever had to be said or fabricated was going happen. In fact, we have a chief U.N. weapons inspector by the name of Scott Ritter that refutes the assertion that their was any credible intelligence supporting the fact Suddam Hussein’s Iraq still possessed WMD’s, when in fact! he and other U.N. inspectors notice a complete absence of ANY evidence to support that idea.

However, there was one particularly corrupt chief U.N. weapons inspector by the name of David A. Kay which had a convenient tie of being the Vice President of Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) from 1993 to 2002. Remember him? I do! I remember him very vividly. He appeared all throughout the buildup and actual invasion of Iraq in 2003. He
was the super-staunch supporter of going in and taking out Saddam militarily instead of letting the U.N. inspection team continue its assessment.

Here’s a little quote from Wikipedia, I know! I know! Wikipedia isn’t a quotable source, anyhow: “While at SAIC, he worked alongside Steven Hatfill until March 2002. Then, he was appointed as a Special Advisor for Strategy regarding Iraqi Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Programs. He received the International Atomic Energy Agency’s Distinguished Service Award and the U.S. Secretary of State’s Commendation. (SAIC was contracted by the U.S. to build prototype Mobile Weapons Laboratories in fall of 2001)”

WOW!!!! Did you hear that? Not only did this guy work for a company that has made hundreds of millions of dollars off the invasion of Iraq but he was also chosen to head a project to build “Mobile Weapons Labs.” Hmm, isn’t that odd! isn’t this the very same person that went on countless U.S. news stations proclaiming that Saddam had “Mobile Weapons Labs.” Why heck! I think it is. Isn’t this a strange twist of events? a mere coincidence? Puh-leeeease!

Fact is what you are saying here is total misinformed garbage. Bush and his oil buddies invaded Iraq, it has gone very poorly and now you want to act like Bush was just a poor little victim of faulty intelligence of some Arab country with an ax to grind, or even worse, a scapegoat for Bush to claim it was their intelligence that made me do it.

You cease to amaze me with the bullshat you seem to actually believe.

Lets say a Democrat, or Ron Paul(PBUH) becomes president and there is a blood bath, despite their predictions. Would it be appropriate to call that person a liar? When Bush (as well as every intelligence agency in Europe and the Arab world) predicted that WMDs would be found in Iraq, and his prediction turned out to be false, he was deemed a liar.

Is getting a prediction based on intelligence assessments wrong (One could say, for example, that Murtha’s assertion that the Iraqi army is prepared to “wipe the floor” with Al-Queda is a form of intelligence assessment) the same as lying?

Ken,
Thank you for your service. My draft number was 309 in 1972, and so I did not serve. Just got lucky I guess. Interesting observations and blog. It’s blogrolled and I am going to spend a little time there. Thanks for the comment.

It made no difference.

We have bought into the Military Industrial Complex (MIC). If you would like to read how this happens please see:

http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2007/03/spyagency200703

Through a combination of public apathy and threats by the MIC we have let the SYSTEM get too large. It is now a SYSTEMIC problem and the SYSTEM is out of control. Government and industry are merging and that is very dangerous.

There is no conspiracy. The SYSTEM has gotten so big that those who make it up and run it day to day in industry and government simply are perpetuating their existance.

The politicians rely on them for details and recommendations because they cannot possibly grasp the nuances of the environment and the BIG SYSTEM.

So, the system has to go bust and then be re-scaled, fixed and re-designed to run efficiently and prudently, just like any other big machine that runs poorly or becomes obsolete or dangerous.

This situation will right itself through trauma. I see a government ENRON on the horizon, with an associated house cleaning.

The next president will come and go along with his appointees and politicos. The event to watch is the collapse of the MIC.

For more details see:

http://rosecoveredglasses.blogspot.com/2006/11/odyssey-of-armaments.html

Derrick,
I’ve heard a number of our military and civilian leaders talk about this phenomena – the disconnect between the burden placed on the military and families, with the complete absence of any impact whatsoever on the lives of – well – anyone else in the country. Among elected representatives, it seems to be the vets and mostly vietnam vets who are concerned and talk about this – guys like Hagel, McCain, Webb, Warner.

I think this is unique in our history of any war of this magnitude. Absolutely zero impact on those that are safe at home (like me), and massive and increasing burdens put on those that fight and their families. I am a big believer in a volunteer army, it affords us a superior fighting force, but the unintended consequence, magnified by the administration policies, is this huge discontinuity in the experience of the war.

Joshua,
Agree about the WOD, but – I had enough trouble formatting that table to fit. Plus it is a bit off-topic. Interesting comparison though. Maybe a future post.

1. national threat? No
2. clear objective? No
3. risks analyzed? No
4. non-violent tried? No
5.exit strategy? No
6. cons. considered? No
7. USA support? Yes
8. global support? Yes/No (varies from country to country)

The American people’s fear of drugs is pretty much the only thing keeping that war going. Likewise, fear of the consequences of withdrawal is pretty much the only thing keeping us in Iraq at this point. But in both cases, fear has proven to be a very powerful motivator, as John Robb has noted.