And We Progressives Told You So

For years now progressive bloggers have been telling you the invasion and occupation of Iraq was a huge mistake and was making the threat of terrorism worse, rather than better.

A stark assessment of terrorism trends by American intelligence agencies has found that the American invasion and occupation of Iraq has helped spawn a new generation of Islamic radicalism and that the overall terrorist threat has grown since the Sept. 11 attacks.

And, surprise, Bushco has been lying about this too.

The classified National Intelligence Estimate attributes a more direct role to the Iraq war in fueling radicalism than that presented either in recent White House documents or in a report released Wednesday by the House Intelligence Committee, according to several officials in Washington involved in preparing the assessment or who have read the final document.

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