Any public scepticism about the reliability of so called 'intelligence' reports from the American /EU political elites is due to the Blair effect.
When you have a democratically elected politician like Blair who blatently abuses his position of authority to start an illegal war based on lies and deception, then distrust of the those who govern us is inevitable.
No its not that, its common sense for all to see as I have posted here many times.
The examples I gave about so-called intel, never materialised what does that tell you.
It's not just that Blair, sadly it has been almost been every politician at the top of the game as its self-interest is their main concern.
When have you seen a leader/politician/clown lead a full-frontal attack right on the front line?? You know the answer.
Most wars would have never happened if someone took out the top politicians on all sides. EG - I'm just going by the movies here and some facts later, when the leader of an army was taken out in the old days the fighting stopped.
Well known fact in war, first and second = often the man leading the attack on a trench/bunker once taken out by a snipper etc, most of the other soldiers would sit back unless they had a gun to their head.
For me - If I was ever told to go and fight for oil/gas/prestige etc I'd tell them to GFY unless they had a gun to me. The only way I'd fight is if we had someone on England's doorstep ready to take us over and even then I'd want to know what their offer was and if it was better than the lies of our current politicians, I'd think about it.
As always the first victim of any conflict is the facts