Lies, Damned Lies, and George W. Bush
My thanks to Skippy the Bush Kangaroo for the following link: http://www.sptimes.com/2005/06/12/columns/the_american_people_h.shtml
It's an editorial from the St. Petersburg Times newspaper, and the title of it sets the tone: "The American People Have Been Had."
We've been lied to, folks.
Recent leaks of information from Britain, starting with the Downing Street memo, have shown that the US military had started offensive operations against Iraq a full 8 months before we actually invaded in 2003. Because the case for war was iffy at best, intelligence was being "fixed" around the issue to provide a pretext for invading.
More information has shown that George Bush wanted war with Iraq even before he became President, and as a knee-jerk reaction to the 9/11 attacks was determined to invade Iraq. Only an intervention from Tony Blair managed to shift priorities to al- Qaeda and Afghanistan, albeit temporarily.
We've been lied to, folks, and the result is 1,701 dead Americans (that figure is for people actually killed in Iraq; the actual figures may be much higher, but the Department of Defense is fudging the numbers.) Our all-volunteer, professional military is starting to feel the effects of this war; the Army has failed to meet its recruitment figures for May, and the first murmurs of an impending draft are starting. As pointed out in several different editorials, the most powerful and best-trained army on this planet cannot secure a small stretch of highway between Baghdad and its airport. Couple that with declining morale and no faith in the Iraqi military to do the job, and the conclusion is that the US Government is crippling our military.
We've been lied to, folks, and the fault lies squarely at George W. Bush's feet. Before anyone starts trying to deflect blame from the Presidential Boob, I point out that authority can always be delegated - responsibility never can. So the fault lies not in Don Rumsfeld, or Dick Cheney, or Wolfowitz or Perle or Rice.
The responsibility for this war rests on George W. Bush.
He has lied to the American people.
He must be impeached, tried, and punished for breaking his oath to us.
It's an editorial from the St. Petersburg Times newspaper, and the title of it sets the tone: "The American People Have Been Had."
We've been lied to, folks.
Recent leaks of information from Britain, starting with the Downing Street memo, have shown that the US military had started offensive operations against Iraq a full 8 months before we actually invaded in 2003. Because the case for war was iffy at best, intelligence was being "fixed" around the issue to provide a pretext for invading.
More information has shown that George Bush wanted war with Iraq even before he became President, and as a knee-jerk reaction to the 9/11 attacks was determined to invade Iraq. Only an intervention from Tony Blair managed to shift priorities to al- Qaeda and Afghanistan, albeit temporarily.
We've been lied to, folks, and the result is 1,701 dead Americans (that figure is for people actually killed in Iraq; the actual figures may be much higher, but the Department of Defense is fudging the numbers.) Our all-volunteer, professional military is starting to feel the effects of this war; the Army has failed to meet its recruitment figures for May, and the first murmurs of an impending draft are starting. As pointed out in several different editorials, the most powerful and best-trained army on this planet cannot secure a small stretch of highway between Baghdad and its airport. Couple that with declining morale and no faith in the Iraqi military to do the job, and the conclusion is that the US Government is crippling our military.
We've been lied to, folks, and the fault lies squarely at George W. Bush's feet. Before anyone starts trying to deflect blame from the Presidential Boob, I point out that authority can always be delegated - responsibility never can. So the fault lies not in Don Rumsfeld, or Dick Cheney, or Wolfowitz or Perle or Rice.
The responsibility for this war rests on George W. Bush.
He has lied to the American people.
He must be impeached, tried, and punished for breaking his oath to us.
posted by Walt at 6:59 AM
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