COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE BY SCOTT RITTER IN RUSSIA INSIDER
“US Accusation That Russia Was Violating the INF Treaty Is as Credible as the Iraq WMD Lie
"The US seems intent on following in the same path as previous intelligence failures in Iraq and Iran"
I certainly respect Scott Ritter and his expertise.
But, honestly, we are not looking at "intelligence failures."
We are looking at deliberately formulated lies.
The CIA, I'm sure knew that there were no special weapons in Iraq. It just had to. Dozens of genuine experts told us so before the American invasion.
But an invasion was what was wanted, and big bureaucracies like CIA produce what is asked of them.
Big Intelligence is more guided by government than guiding government. Always. That is just the nature of the institution.
MI6 in Britain performed exactly the same service for Tony Blair at the time.
And what do we see in the narrative around Iran’s supposed nuclear weapons efforts?
And in the narrative around Venezuela’s supposed suppression of democracy?
And the narrative around Syria’s supposed use of poison gas?
And on and on, a stream of tales, each custom-designed to assist in obtaining something America wants.
NOTE: When I say government guides Big Intelligence rather
than is guided, I’m referring to the intelligence-collection side of such
organizations, not to their far more ominous “operations” side.
