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When a decision is made to go to war based on intelligence, it is a fateful decision. It has ramifications and impacts way beyond the current months and years.

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Choosing to enter a war because of intelligence information is a serious and life-changing choice. The consequences of that choice affect not just the immediate future but can influence many years afterward.

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