Bring it on. Conservative apologists for the George W. Bush crew are swinging hard these days to defend their man - and themselves - from the charge that W. and his gang misled the nation into war.
George W. Bush. (photo: Reuters)
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Well done. The documentation is superb. With the mass of information flowing in every direction on the web, i can't help but think that this story really needs to be powerfully told by a movie documentary. I have seen one or two attepmts but they were not as compelling as your short piece here.
Keep this type of analysis up.
john connolly
Saddam was executed. But liars Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rice, et al have never been held accountable (especially by the American news media) for the mass destruction, death, misery and cost their war crimes caused. One media excuse for not at least impeaching Bush was that it would block Congress from working on more important matters the nation faced then and still does - very much like how current Republican obstructionism are blocking the now Democratic-controlled White House and Congress from implementing anything that might gain them votes in 2010 and 2012.
Every American should see it and be shocked and ashamed and mad as hell. Have YOU? I haven't seen you before, maybe you have already publicized it? If not why not?
I say this because your short words "bush lied" pale in comparison to what he really did.
Bush and Co. would have taken any excuse to play army in Iraq, but they had 9/11. So that became their mantra. For them it was war at all costs.
So they took us to war based on a lie.
What is really sad is that the current White House has stated that they will not do anything about it. History shows that Dems have an unfortunate habit of covering up Republican crimes.
Never the less, lying us into war is a big deal. I knew he was lying at the time. How? Because Hans Blix and the rest of the UN Inspectors were standing right in front of us, being almost ignored by our media, quietly and constantly saying "we have found no evidence that Iraq possesses weapons of mass destruction. And Mohamed ElBaradei (IAEA) was standing next to them saying he was "pretty convinced" that Iraq had not rebuilt its nuclear weapons program.
We are responsible for the consequences because we were willfully gullible, but just because we let ourselves be conned, doesn't mean the [neo-] con man should go unpunished.
Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Jay Rockerfeller, John Kerry, and a host of lesser opposition stars said the same things.
I think probably neither the democrats nor the republicans lied -- I suspect both were tragically mistaken in their beliefs.
Lee Nason
Bush, Cheney, Powell--lied, murdered and stole trillions from the US treasury---hang up high!
America needs to grow up and realize that politicians in both parties are worthless liars who murder innocent people in the name of Democracy.
George Bush did not start this war, the CIA was killing people in Iraq throughout the 90's and the Air Force was dropping bombs on civilian targets whenever they detected radar signals on an almost daily basis.
The only reason to make it seem that we were somehow at peace before Bush is because liberal elitists like to look down on middle America. That's why they demonize Bush as a cowboy even though he is actually a New England frat boy.
When Obama took control and started expanding the war, providing a legal cover for torture, bullying China and South America and cementing Bush's decision to provide immunity for illegal surveillance, the liberals all stopped complaining. Go figure.
scroll down to "Iraq: The War Card" for all 935 false statements.
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I have yet to see any reference to the Military Critical Technologies List, DOD's official periodic assessment of what every country has in the way of weapons. That, too, declared prior to the war that Iraq had no working WMD programs.
Asked about the sanctions placed on Iraq, which were then under review at the Security Council, Powell said the measures were working. In fact, he added, "(Saddam Hussein) has not developed any significant capability with respect to weapons of mass destruction. He is unable to project conventional power against his neighbors."
So my question is (remains), why did we go after Saddam Hussein after 9/11? An a priori agenda, perhaps?
And why did we fall for the Bush admin's lies regarding its justification?
As God is my witness, I never did.
Of course it's just possible that the government's security information was flawed ... yeah, right! ;~)
I'll make a prediction. There will ultimately be an admission as such, and by an insider. I feel that that person's initials are .... no, I won't go that far. But there was someone whom I have long regard as an unwilling participant. I predict that that person my ultimately reveal the truth.
Peace,
Beau
That should take care of that.
Jim Hicks
As long as justice is for sale in America, there will be no justice! They are responsible for the USA decaying into degradation and criminality throughout the world.
Its about time, don't you think?
What are you waiting for?
It's agonizing that these disgusting individuals are still free.
Please sent them to jail.
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