http://teodesian.net//posts/d1569c56-13f7-11ec-bdd7-8786eb04d402?format=xml teodesian.net : /posts/d1569c56-13f7-11ec-bdd7-8786eb04d402 en 2026-04-24T03:27:46 2026-04-24T03:27:46 /favicon.ico http://teodesian.net 32 32 teodesian.net favicon http://teodesian.net/posts/d1569c56-13f7-11ec-bdd7-8786eb04d402 It’s funny to read mainstream reviews of Official Secrets now—they seem to still not fully grasp the importance of what they just saw. The AV Club review (8/27/19) leads: “Virtually everyone now agrees that the 2003 invasion of Iraq was a colossal mistake based on faulty (at best) or fabricated (at worst) intelligence.” Well, “mistake” is a serious understatement, even with “colossal” attached to it, for something so fervently pursued, and you just saw a movie about the diabolical, illegal lengths to which the US and British governments went to get everyone in line for it. So, no, “fabricated” is not the “worst” it is. Yet more tales from the Iraq War Crypt]]> doge http://teodesian.net/posts/d1569c56-13f7-11ec-bdd7-8786eb04d402 2019-09-07T10:32:41 http://teodesian.net/posts/1567852361 It’s funny to read mainstream reviews of Official Secrets now—they seem to still not fully grasp the importance of what they just saw. The AV Club review (8/27/19) leads: “Virtually everyone now agrees that the 2003 invasion of Iraq was a colossal mistake based on faulty (at best) or fabricated (at worst) intelligence.” Well, “mistake” is a serious understatement, even with “colossal” attached to it, for something so fervently pursued, and you just saw a movie about the diabolical, illegal lengths to which the US and British governments went to get everyone in line for it. So, no, “fabricated” is not the “worst” it is. Yet more tales from the Iraq War Crypt]]> doge http://teodesian.net/posts/1567852361 2019-09-07T10:32:41