Paul Pillar contends that the most remarkable thing about U.S. intelligence in the period leading up to the Iraq War was that it

a. played such a small role in the Bush administration’s decision to go to war.
b. got things so wrong that it badly misled U.S. policymakers.
c. was largely ignoring the situation in Iraq and focusing too much on the situation in Syria.
d. was concentrating too much on the situation in North Korea, at the expense of understanding the situation in the Middle East.


a. played such a small role in the Bush administration’s decision to go to war.

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Fill in the blank with the correct words.

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