If it comforts you to believe it, Shodan, it would be churlish of me to deny it to you.
While the choices of “corrupt, incompetent, or both?” may be somewhat limited, they can in no way be compared to “Clinton arranged for his political opponents to be murdered”
What exactly would be a more charitable view of the intelligence failure as it impacts on Bush’s ultimate leadership role? Does he have the final word? Or is he merely a dupe?
[sup](No! I spelt that correctly. If I had meant to say “dope”, I would have).[/sup]