[RWGinger]

Preparing for military action is not mutually exclusive from also trying all diplomatic options
It is smart to have both options
No lies in that memo

[JoeDetweiler]

The only thing I see that is new here is...Why the h*ll were these memos on Hillary’s private server?

[Talisker]

Preparing for military action is not mutually exclusive from also trying all diplomatic options It is smart to have both options No lies in that memo

Exactly.

[SubMareener]

“Instead, Powell says that Blair will also advise on how to ‘handle calls’ for the ‘blessing’ of the United Nations Security Council, and to ‘demonstrate that we have thought through “the day after” ’ – in other words, made adequate provision for a post-Saddam Iraq.”

I happened to be working at an Intelligence Community Activity during the period of “post-Saddam Iraq” and it was clear that there was no plan to handle the vacuum that was created when Saddam’s forces collapsed. “Let them loot” was not a plan.

[Bob434]

[[Preparing for military action is not mutually exclusive from also trying all diplomatic options]]

Exactly-

[TigersEye]

Exactly. This is about as nothing as a nothing burger gets.

[Eagles6]

The lie in the reporting is that no wmd existed.

[clearcarbon]

"Preparing for military action is not mutually exclusive from also trying all diplomatic options It is smart to have both options"

Better to be prepared than to assume in the worse case you'll be saved by the fairies.

[ZULU]

Absolutely. No fan of Bush II or Bair but this is RIDICULOUS.

[Crucial]

Just what I was thinking but you stated it much more elegantly.