Ignoring the intelligence, Again!!!!!!

Looks like they're doing it again. The story here is this: Bush receives an NIE, the best summation of all the intel on Iran, and then summarily ignores it to push his policy of democratizing the middle east. After all, it's going so well, why bother with reality?

Again, from newsweek. (I wonder who their sources are, because they've been dumping like crazy.)

Aug. 15, 2005 issue - A classified analysis by the U.S. intelligence community warned top Bush administration officials last spring that the theocratic reign of Iranian mullahs could be entrenched for years to come, NEWSWEEK has learned. This National Intelligence Estimate, issued by a unit of the new National Intelligence Director's office, reported that Iran is not in a prerevolutionary state and that near-term regime change appeared unlikely, ......

In briefings with reporters, intel officials have stressed recently that they want contrary views to be taken into account when analyses are presented to policymakers. But a White House spokesperson says President George W. Bush had no intention of backing away from comments he made about Iran just before its June election. In his June statement, Bush hinted at regime change, telling the Iranian people, "As you stand for your own liberty, the people of America stand with you."