Bush, on the CIA's recent bleak assesment of Iraq

[mburbank]

"The CIA laid out several scenarios and said life could be lousy, life could be OK, life could be better, and they were just guessing as to what the conditions might be like."—New York City, Sept. 21, 2004


Yeah, I really don't blame him for not taking this very seriously. I mean, look what happened when he believed them about that whole Weapons of Mass Destruction thing.

Here's my question, though. If they just guess about stuff, why do we pump billions into their budget every year? I mean, hell, I can just guess, and I'd do it for say $42,000 annually.