More proof of "given intelligence"

The Bush administration's defense of the Iraq war centers around the supposed "intelligence" that was present at the onset of planning for this war. We're constantly being told, despite the truth, that Iraq had something to do with Al-Qaida and 9/11. We're also constantly told that the violence in Iraq(caused primarily by Sunni insurgents) is somehow related to the front of the global war on terrorism. And that somehow Iran is a major player. Something that culturally just doesn't make any sense. It would be likened to claiming that fundamentalist evangelicals are helping to ban school prayer and bibles in public schools. Well once again the truth reveals that we're being lied to. From Salon:

Senate report: Bush administration ignored warnings about Iraq

The latest report about prewar intelligence from the Senate Intelligence Committee shows the administration was warned that an invasion of Iraq would help Iran and al-Qaida.

May 29, 2007 | Editor's note: On Friday, the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence -- commonly known as the Senate Intelligence Committee -- released the latest in a series of reports on prewar intelligence about Iraq. This report provides documentation of intelligence that senior administration officials knew, or should have known, about Intelligence Community warnings that an invasion could benefit al-Qaida and Iran. On this page and the next are screen shots of some of the committee's conclusions; on the third page is a screen shot of one of the Intelligence Community assessments from which the committee drew those conclusions. The full report, which also includes a list of those to whom such assessments were delivered in the prewar stages, can be downloaded here.

So it was known that an attack of Iraq could possibly increase Al-Qaida attacks. Which makes perfect sense. Al-Qaida is a Sunni based organization. They opposed the Baathist regime of Saddam Hussein and they oppose the possibility of Iranian dominance in the region. Our efforts towards a secular democracy only create more angst, but now with Iraq being mostly controlled by a strongly Shiite government, continues to put pressure on this conflict. Point of fact, the Bush administration didn't enter Iraq based on "given intelligence". I highly doubt it was based on any intelligence at all.