Bush awards incompetence

Analysts Behind Iraq Intelligence Were Rewarded
By Walter Pincus
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, May 28, 2005; Page A01

Two Army analysts whose work has been cited as part of a key intelligence failure on Iraq -- the claim that aluminum tubes sought by the Baghdad government were most likely meant for a nuclear weapons program rather than for rockets -- have received job performance awards in each of the past three years, officials said.

The civilian analysts, former military men considered experts on foreign and U.S. weaponry, work at the Army's National Ground Intelligence Center (NGIC), one of three U.S. agencies singled out for particular criticism by President Bush's commission that investigated U.S. intelligence.

The Army analysts concluded that it was highly unlikely that the tubes were for use in Iraq's rocket arsenal, a finding that bolstered a CIA contention that they were destined for nuclear centrifuges, which was in turn cited by the Bush administration as proof that Saddam Hussein was reconstituting Iraq's nuclear weapons program.

The problem, according to the commission, which cited the two analysts' work, is that they did not seek or obtain information available from the Energy Department and elsewhere showing that the tubes were indeed the type used for years as rocket-motor cases by Iraq's military. The panel said the finding represented a "serious lapse in analytic tradecraft" because the center's personnel "could and should have conducted a more exhaustive examination of the question."

Pentagon spokesmen said the awards for the analysts were to recognize their overall contributions on the job over the course of each year. But some current and former officials, including those who called attention to the awards, said the episode shows how the administration has failed to hold people accountable for mistakes on prewar intelligence.

for the whole article:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/27/AR2005052701618.html

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reminds me of that joke:

Q: How many Bush Administration officials does it take to screw in a light bulb?

A: None. There is nothing wrong with the light bulb; its conditions are improving every day. Any reports of its lack of incandescence are a delusional spin from the liberal media. That light bulb has served honorably, and anything you say undermines the lighting effect. Why do you hate freedom?

I think this was mentioned on the Daily Show like 6 months ago.

Originally posted by PVS
reminds me of that joke:

Q: How many Bush Administration officials does it take to screw in a light bulb?

A: None. There is nothing wrong with the light bulb; its conditions are improving every day. Any reports of its lack of incandescence are a delusional spin from the liberal media. That light bulb has served honorably, and anything you say undermines the lighting effect. Why do you hate freedom?

Why do you hate freedom? 😆 😆 😆 😆

That joke, however cynical, is basically the thoughts behind the Bush Administration

I thought this thread was about some of the debators in this forum when I read the subject title.

Originally posted by KharmaDog
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Originally posted by FeceMan
How do you think Kerry got his Purple Heart? 😉

Well it wasn't for doing coke and dancing on tables drunk. No, that's what they elect presidents for doing. 😉

Originally posted by KharmaDog
Well it wasn't for doing coke and dancing on tables drunk. No, that's what they elect presidents for doing. 😉

Welcome to fifteen minutes ago.

The Army analysts concluded that it was highly unlikely that the tubes were for use in Iraq's rocket arsenal, a finding that bolstered a CIA contention that they were destined for nuclear centrifuges,

That doesn't make much sense.

Originally posted by Trickster
That doesn't make much sense.

The Army analysts figured that the tubes were not of the quality needed to make rockets from. The CIA jumped to the conclusion that the tubes must therefore be intended for use in a nuclear centrifuge to make nuclear weapons. However, as the tubes were galvinized they were also useless for this as well. Alas, all they were, were in fact basic galvinized steel tubes.

Does that help?

They were awarded for managing to dupe other countries into thinking that Iraq had WMD or/and material to build them, hence obtaining the go-ahead for the defending-offensive manouvre to over throw Saddam and his evil regime and install diplomacy so as to ascertain a new Government that will show gratitude towards the USA and destine a market of the natural reserves that will favour the economy of the world at a better price than a deal with the former Regime.

These men are being commended not for a mistake or two but for the end result which satisfies:

1) The removal of Saddam and his regime.

2) A level playground for the flowing distribution of natural reserves Iraq has to offer.

Action Now . Consequences Later.