I guess most people think that they are doing the right thing. But organisational politics and human weakness can just mangle that into something that is activ

I guess most people think that they are doing the right thing. But organisational politics and human weakness can just mangle that into something that is actively counte productive. Do you think that is the case here? Or is there a deeper psychological force at work in people that pushed them towards this? Given the craziness of some of the neocon foreign policy types this certainly seems possible.