# CIA failure and the Iraq War: What will be the Adminstration's reaction?

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**Created:** [July 10, 2004, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cia-failure-and-the-iraq-war-what-will-be-the-adminstrations-reaction/254385 "2004-07-10T00:28:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![ruadh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@ruadh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruadh)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2004, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cia-failure-and-the-iraq-war-what-will-be-the-adminstrations-reaction/254385/21 "2004-07-10T15:50:09Z")

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Yes, I admit the idea of “President Cheney” does make the fact that Bush isn’t going to resign somewhat perversely comfortable. Nonetheless, it _would_ be the honorable thing to do. Thousands of people have been killed because of a lie that he accepted as fact - this is far more serious than the mistakes Morgan and Dyke made.

BTW, I’m an American expat, I’ll be trying to “do a Morgan” on Bush myself in November 🙂

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**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2004, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cia-failure-and-the-iraq-war-what-will-be-the-adminstrations-reaction/254385/22 "2004-07-10T15:58:26Z")

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> [@sevastopol](#):
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> My question: How is it that all across the 'net I’m reading the _very same words_ used to defend Bush?
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> Currently it is , _“standing up to Terrorism…we aren’t going to take any more of Osama’s attacks…”_.
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> Where do these come from? Is there a propagana central that you can tune into for your updates? Answers please, however scurrilous.

We’ve been getting this BushEchoSpeak for quite some time.

I can only guess that someone in the Administration sends out emails with a couple-three"talking points" to all the rightwing columnists, neocon TV and Radio pundits , other hardliners, etc.

They use the buzzwords in the media; the rank and file hear it, then repeat, repeat and repeat it, which makes them sound smart.

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