I know we'd all love to discuss Janet's Boob for hours. I mean, it's a lot less depressing than to think about the state of the Nation. However, we must be vigilant.

The real news today is this:Bush announces outside probe of Iraq intelligence. Well, finally, it seems that people are starting to realize that the Bush Administration got something very wrong. There were no WMD's in Iraq. There was no smoking gun and the American public was misled in going to war with Iraq. There is a lot of egg on many faces but the most interesting thing is that now they are trying to find heads to roll. Interestingly enough, its not "Bush's fault" for having bad intelligence, but the agencies of the FBI and the CIA. The Bush administration only acted on intelligence that he received from the FBI and CIA. Agencies that he had great faith in at one time, even saying:

"I have great confidence in our FBI and CIA," the President said in Berlin, adding that he feels the agencies are already improving their information sharing practices. "

So we cant blame Bush for a huge mistake such as this- Or can we?

It seems odd that after a Congressional Report in February of 2002, stating a lot of the failures of the FBI and CIA that could have prevented 9/11, after the various warning signs that intelligence might not have been up to par (see links at bottom of post), or that the FBI and CIA were even working well together, one would not make the decision to commit to war.

But go to war in Iraq we did, with George W. Bush issuing the following quote before the invasion:

Intelligence gathered by this and other governments leaves no doubt that the Iraq regime continues to possess and conceal some of the most lethal weapons ever devised. This regime has already used weapons of mass destruction against Iraq's neighbors and against Iraq's people.

The regime has a history of reckless aggression in the Middle East. It
has a deep hatred of America and our friends. And it has aided,
trained and harbored terrorists, including operatives of al Qaeda.

The danger is clear: using chemical, biological or, one day, nuclear
weapons, obtained with the help of Iraq, the terrorists could fulfill
their stated ambitions and kill thousands or hundreds of thousands of
innocent people in our country, or any other.

And off to war did the Bush administration take us. After a quick route, Iraq was ours, but even then, there were cracks in the façade and unanswered questions. Still, even after all the reports of problems, after all the warnings, after all of the questions, Bush relied on his "intelligence", saying in July of 2003:

"I take personal responsibility for everything I say, of course."

And now, it looks like he was wrong. The American public was mislead, and it's not his fault but the fault of his "intelligence".