Only 6 Senators out of 100 read the National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq released two days before the Iraq war authorization vote. Just 6. And one of them urged all the other Senators to vote against the war, quite strongly. If you’re wondering why US foreign policy seems so bollocksed-up, well, that’s because Congressmen are evidently too used to signing blank checks to even read a document that’s less than 100 pages long.
Bits and rants from Tony Emond