re: The CIA Inflated The Data Don
You're being absurd! The best action possible to prevent 9/11 was to stop the 19 suicide terrorists from even entry the country. Failing that attacking Afghanistan was reasonable and the correct thing to do. Only with more force and from all sides.
But, you see we were amassing troops on Iraq's border and couldn't be bothered to try to be more forceful with Pakistan. Bush let Bin Laden excape thru incompetence.
Iraq is not part of the war on terror.
