Deliberate Deception—Bush & Iraq: How Much More Evidence is Needed?

[steve2470]

http://www.opednews.com/dalton_052505_more_evidence.htm


By: Jack Dalton


That the single most serious decision which anyone calling them self the president can make is the decision to go to war, is beyond question. That George W. Bush & Company were formulating plans to invade Iraq even prior to 9/11 is also beyond question; at least for those willing to spend the time looking at the wide body of available evidence.



Paul O’Neill, who was Secretary of the Treasury until Bush replaced him, was very clear when he stated that invading Iraq was on the table from the first day Bush took office. Richard Clarke who was the “Terrorism Czar” was also replaced by Bush. Writing in his book, “Against All Enemies” he is very clear in explaining how the only thing Bush wanted to discuss, or hear, was invading Iraq.



The recent articles by Juan Cole, “The Lie That Led to War” and Robert Parry’s article, “For Bush, Iraq Lies are Fundamental” detailing the trail of BushCo deceptions that ultimate led to this war of choice and the slaughter of over 100,000 Iraqi’s with untold wounded in mind and body; as well as over 1800 Americans dead and up to 85,000 seeking medical care—these are numbers far in excess of what the Pentagon is reporting.



None of this is new information. What is new are the memos recently released which give additional confirmation to the simple fact, Bush & Co wanted to invade Iraq and nothing was going to stop them.

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[Maestro]

1. Great op-ed!

It has been bookmarked. And what is more disgusting is that Clinton was the victim of a political witch hunt and the only thing they could pin on him was that he lied about a consentual, private affair with another adult. Now, this op-ed lays down very effectively all the evidence of Bush's lying but we nothing about impeachment. I don't if I am angrier at the general public for accepting his lies or for the Dems for not attacking him.

[Just Me]

2. When the evidence is overwhelming,...

,...yet the criminals are still on the loose,...the system is clearly broken.

[ladjf]

5. Simple as that.

[OneBlueSky]

3. and when do the Democrats stand up and say . . .

"Hey! You lied to us! You KNEW there were no WMDs, and you assured us there were! You had this war planned months for years! You duped us, and we allowed ourselves to be duped!

"But no more! We can no longer support an illegal war that was started and continued based on fabricated evidence. And we demand a full investigation to uncover the true facts about why we went to war -- and the lies that took us there."

the Democrats should do what's RIGHT instead of what's expedient, i.e. continually enabling BushCo because -- well, I don't know why the hell they do it! . . . but I DO know that public opinion is turning against the war and will continue to do so . . . and by becoming the anti-war party, the Democrats for once could get AHEAD of public opinion and become opinion LEADERS . . . something they haven't been for a very long time . . .

but . . . to paraphrase the scarecrow . . . "If we only had a brain" . . .

[spindoctor]

4. Its not the brain thats missing

Its the balls.