Bush lied. People died.
Politics 05/31/2003 |More and more information is coming to light exposing the extremely ugly truth that even while madly beating the drums of war, Bush and Blair administration members knew they were lying:
Jack Straw and his US counterpart, Colin Powell, privately expressed serious doubts about the quality of intelligence on Iraq’s banned weapons programme at the very time they were publicly trumpeting it to get UN support for a war on Iraq, the Guardian has learned. The foreign secretary reportedly expressed concern that claims being made by Mr Blair and President Bush could not be proved. The problem, explained Mr Straw, was the lack of corroborative evidence to back up the claims. Mr Powell shared the concern about intelligence assessments, especially those being presented by the Pentagon’s office of special plans set up by the US deputy defence secretary, Paul Wolfowitz. Mr Powell told the foreign secretary he hoped the facts, when they came out, would not “explode in their faces”.
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p>Sorry to dash your hopes, Mr. Powell, but I do believe that that is exactly what’s happening — as well it should.
(via Daily Kos and Tom Tomorrow)
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Michael Hanscom
June 1st, 2003 at 8:20 am
Bush lied….People died
That says everything that needs to be said.
July 10th, 2003 at 10:19 am
Bush lies, people die
The fact that Bush lied or was horribly uninformed will not be erased by the appearance of a huge stockpile of weapons. Bush claimed in
December 15th, 2003 at 11:17 pm
“In the four years since the inspectors left, intelligence reports show that Saddam Hussein has worked to rebuild his chemical and biological weapons stock, his missile delivery capability, and his nuclear program. He has also given aid, comfort, and sanctuary to terrorists, including Al Qaeda members, though there is apparently no evidence of his involvement in the terrible events of September 11, 2001. It is clear, however, that if left unchecked, Saddam Hussein will continue to increase his capacity to wage biological and chemical warfare, and will keep trying to develop nuclear weapons. Should he succeed in that endeavor, he could alter the political and security landscape of the Middle East, which as we know all too well affects American security.” — Hillary Clinton, October 10, 2002
June 29th, 2006 at 7:20 am
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