RT by @Malbrunot: Many of the pre war reports were amplified by think tanks with virtually no real access to the country, no serious engagement with actors on the ground, little/ze

Many of the pre war reports were amplified by think tanks with virtually no real access to the country, no serious engagement with actors on the ground, little/zero understanding of how internal decisions are actually made. Yet they consistently lobbied for war, convinced their model was right. It wasn’t.