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Thu, 19 Aug 2004

Retiring Republican Congressman Doug Bereuter of Nebraska breaks big with the administration in a Journal-Star article...

"I've reached the conclusion, retrospectively, now that the inadequate intelligence and faulty conclusions are being revealed, that all things being considered, it was a mistake to launch that military action," Bereuter wrote in a letter to constituents in the final days of his congressional career.
That's especially true in view of the fact that the attack was initiated "without a broad and engaged international coalition," the 1st District congressman said.
"Knowing now what I know about the reliance on the tenuous or insufficiently corroborated intelligence used to conclude that Saddam maintained a substantial WMD (weapons of mass destruction) arsenal, I believe that launching the pre-emptive military action was not justified."
As a result of the war, he said, "our country's reputation around the world has never been lower and our alliances are weakened."
Bereuter is a senior member of the House International Relations Committee and vice chairman of the House Intelligence Committee.

That bears repeating: "Bereuter is a senior member of the House International Relations Committee and vice chairman of the House Intelligence Committee."

Read the whole thing. It is quite the earthquake inside the beltway. 'Bout time, too.

(This comes via Josh Marshall's Talking Points Memo -- the consistently best news source in Washington.)

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