re: Was the failed rescue attempt of Foley due to faulty intelligence?

quote:

---

ISIS just moved Foley and the other captives shortly before the rescue attempt began.

---

Adequate intelligence in this situation means you have an eye witness that can confirm the location of the target at the time of the rescue attempt so yes, it was failed intelligence.

The case for WMD's in Iraq was also failed intelligence but in that situation there was proof that Saddam had used WMD's both against Iran and against his own people. Couple that with Iraq's invasion of Kuwait, the burning of oil fields and the violation of numerous U.N. resolutions and there was more than ample justification for invading Iraq and ousting Saddam. How quickly we forget the inconvenient truth and oh yea, hiney sight is always 20/20.