Neeum Zawan wrote:
> On 08/02/09 11:48, Chambers wrote:
>> (I have to disagree, though, as I think he was a deluded warmonger, and
> 
>     He may have been a warmongerer, and a lot more stuff unfit to print, 
> but I seriously doubt he was delusional.

Not delusional, but deluded.  From what I've seen, I think he wanted the 
war in Iraq badly enough that two things happened:

1) His own view of the available data was biased,
2) His staff, knowing what he wanted, either consciously or 
unconsciously colored the information they gave him.

Combined, I'm sure that he was convinced he was doing the right thing. 
I'm also certain that he's much more intelligent than people give him 
credit for, and that if he'd had access to better (read: less biased) 
information, he would have made more intelligent choices.  He was still 
biased himself, so he wouldn't be perfect, but he would have done a lot 
better.

-- 
Chambers

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