Originally Posted by Carl Spackler

I've never understood that one either. I looked at it while reversing the logic. Specifically, what if Bush saw all that consistent intelligence and decided not to go into Iraq? If a WMD then went off in the US, what would the criticism of Bush have been? Many would likely have said: "How could the President have ignored such consistent intelligence from all over the world including our own CIA and be too afraid to act and protect the nation?" It is my belief that no President could have done nothing in the face of that level of intelligence.

Carl