It appears well past time to stop use of the term "intelligence" to apply to
raw data obtained for analysis by security agencies, such as the Central
Intelligence Agency and the National Security Administration. Raw data can
be true or false, intelligent or stupid, right or wrong. It can be bogus,
fraudulent, biased, or accurate and appropriate.
President George W. Bush should never be associated with the world
"intelligent" or "intelligence" or any of their forms. There is no
credible association to be found in between the man and the concepts.
All evidence is that the Bush administration, with the active involvement of
its major officials, devised a plan to sift through all the raw data on Iraq
and its history, programs, and personnel in order to paint the most damning
portrait possible, no matter whether the portrait was accurate or not. We
ended up with a Van Gogh-like abstraction of reality that in no way was
"intelligent" but it would not be far-fetched to use the term bogus, biased,
fraudulent, mistaken, untimely, or false.
In his hubris, George W. Bush apparently thought no one could figure this
out! Bush's own lack of intelligence is not the failing of any security
agency. And his total willingness to squeeze bogus information out of the
security archives, while ignoring common sense, good data, and reality is
typical of the Bush performance since taking office.
Bush had an agenda. He was angry at Saddam Hussein for allegedly
threatening the life of his old man. Bush wanted Iraqi oil, and wanted to
please Israel. Bush had an administration of Zionist warmongers and a keen
desire to extend the Pax America by warfare and wanted to start with Saddam
Hussein.
Truth was not only inconsequential, but undesirable for George W. Bush.
To this day, the American media has not caught on to the totality of the
flimsiness of the Bush arguments, such as in collaboration with fellow
conspirator of lies Tony Blair today. Yes, we know that at one time Iraq
did have weapons of mass destruction, Tony/George -- don't you remember, we
sold them to him! But not at the time of the recent war. Former U.N.
chief weapons Scott Ritter made that clear, and Ritter was uncannily
accurate in his assessment of the Iraqi weapons program. Actually, Ritter
was not uncanny, he was just well-informed as we would expect a man with his
background and integrity to be. Why did Bush ignore HIS intelligence/ i.e.
data?
This is the Bush modus operandi -- seek out lies as a basis to tell your own
lies. Then attack anyone who exposes you as a liar. In this age of easy
access to the truth, and the easy means of communications worldwide, with
truth-seekers able to communicate proof and evidence, the Bush method is not
very intelligent at all -- is it!
The writer is a member of several falconry and ornithological clubs and
organizations. He contributed above article to Media Monitors Network (MMN) from California, USA.
