Reply #57: The definition of "fixed around" [View All]

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Robin Niblett of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington think tank, says it would be easy for Americans to misunderstand the reference to intelligence being “fixed around” Iraq policy. “ ‘Fixed around' in British English means ‘bolted on' rather than altered to fit the policy,” he says.

Sorry, Mr. Niblett, your definition of "fixed around" is JUST as damning as the ones put forward by us poor confused Americans.

It means, to put it diplomatically, that the goal of invading Iraq was already set. All that was needed was a collection of "facts" to "justify" the plan.