>>But it doesn't take away from the fact the this was perhaps the biggest intelligence mistake in history.
>How about Stalin not believing Richard Sorge's reports from Tokyo about Hitler's plan to invade USSR? He kept believing that the Molotov-Ribentrop (sp?) treaty was set in stone.
Nah. Every western nation, and Russia, believed Iraq has WMDs, not just one person. But it looks like Saddam was just playing a game, a deadly game that he couldn't win.
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