Many intelligence reports in war are contradictory; even more are false, and most are uncertain.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms.
They say military have the so-called 'secret intelligence' - this amount of intelligence must be very secret, since I've never seen any intelligent military person, nor I have seen any sense in the bloody stupid wars.
The truth is an anti-war statement in itself.
My experience has been that military assessments on 'how goes the war' are consistently more optimistic than those made by the CIA and other agencies.
How can faceless bureaucrats in an intelligence agency deny brave soldiers a chance to tell the truth?
For some, the very act of intelligence gathering seems illegitimate when applied to the crime of terrorism.
But I am satisfied that the information that we have that this is the work of Zarqawi, is accurate.
Journalists do not like to report on uncertainties. They would almost rather be wrong than ambiguous.
War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses.
Our failure to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq thus far has been deeply troubling, and our intelligence-gathering process needs thorough and unbiased investigation.
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