Dave Smith: Only in Government Do Failures Get Promoted

Dave Smith mentions how failure in government roles often leads to promotion, citing the example of the Iraq War and the assertion of weapons of mass destruction.

“… all these grand predictions and every last one of them. Oh, it’ll be paid for in oil… it’s a slam dunk that he has weapons of mass destruction… every single one of these things you were wrong about… You get to now be the person advocating the next one?”

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