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but Mike in intelligence, you must pick and choose whom you will believe and whom you won't.

I don't think it stinks, wrong maybe not by design.

My number one question is what would Bush gain by embroiling himself in a war that his father advised against?

Nobody comes up with an adequate answer.

Bush actually believed he did it for the right reason. I think he was wrong, but I don't fault him for the reasons are willing to believe he lied to wage war.

Every advocate shapes evidence to make his case; that's not dishonest. It's not a scholarly exercise.