US intelligence is being scapegoated for getting it right on Iraq

[Postman]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1075530,00.html

In Baghdad, the Bush administration acts as though it is astonished by the postwar carnage. Its feigned shock is a consequence of Washington's intelligence wars. In fact, not only was it warned of the coming struggle and its nature - ignoring a $5m state department report on The Future of Iraq - but Bush himself signed another document in which that predictive information is contained.