Reply #13: I know you can handle honest answers, so here goes...... [View All]

I think some of the military insider guys like Kerry, Biden, Murtha, really believed Colin Powell was working from the inside to prevent war, along with Brent Scowcroft, Bush 1 and James Baker - what they did was overestimated the influence of that crowd while underestimating the influence of Cheney and Wolfowitz. And no one guessed that BushInc was going to lie even to Powell to do it.
I thought Powell was in on the lie.


Honestly - I wouldn't have believed Cheney to be a more powerful influence on Bush2 than Baker and Bush1. And Scowcroft was supposed to be Rice's mentor. So, in this case, people who were UNAWARE of these relationships wouldn't have factored them in, while those aware of the lengthy relatiuonships would have.

And another aspect that gets little notice - BILL CLINTON. Clinton wanted the Dems to trust that Blair would influence Bush and be the calming factor. Remember when Clinton told Dems at that time to describe themselves as Blair Democrats?