"Are you seriously claiming that our intel on Iraqi WMD programs was good?
It objectively was not. Of course, neither was that of anybody else."
I'd really LOVE to rehash the whole WMD/missing WMD thing, but sifting through BS this soon after I eat lunch screws up my disposition for the rest of the day. :-D
I will merely observe that, IMHO our own MSM has such a total emotional involvement in that issue that they wouldn't acknowledge the existence of an Iraqi WMD if it grew teeth, leaped into the air and bit them on the arse. Claiming that the whole world's security and intelligence services couldn't therefore detect them is just an intuitive hop, skip & jump.
"But our intelligence capability in this part of the world has been dismal for decades, making it likely that we won't have accurate coordinates for them to attack."
As I recall, I said I thought that the IDF, the US or all of the above would most likely clean up this situation in from 15 to 30 days of the certification of the Iraqi elections.
Want to bet a beer on it?
I don't bet.
I also don't see what leads you to believe that our intelligence services are on top of things in the Middle East.
I do, however, hope you are right, both about the efficiency of our intel and about pending effective attacks on Iran.