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Originally Posted by Undertoad
The memo does not suggest any such thing. The quote is speculation by Brit military.
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Sorry. I indeed read it wrong there.
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It does not. The paragraph tells us that they wanted to use military force and now sought intelligence to justify that approach.
That's a subtle difference, but it's important.
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What is the difference? Making a decision and then asking for intelligence to justify it is the very definition of cherry picking and massaging.
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And that section of the memo is the minutes reporting the opinion of one person.
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Well, I guess you can always dismiss any report as the opinion of the author. But that was "C's" report on his meeting.