Bush suggests IRAQ ATTACKED US on 9/11

[Julius Civitatus]

Via Atrios and the Prospect, we get this gem from today's hour-long meeting between Bush and his media sycophants:

http://www.prospect.org/horsesmouth/2006/10/post_411.html#014151

"My attitude about our – look, I'm into campaigning out there: People want to know, can you win? That's what they want to know. I mean, there's – look, there's some 25 percent or so that want us to get out, shouldn't have been out there in the first place – and that's fine. They're wrong. But you can understand why they feel that way. They just don't believe in war, and – at any cost. I believe when you get attacked and somebody declares war on you, you fight back. And that's what we're doing."

When did Iraq attack us?
When did Iraq declare war on us?
What the f*ck is he talking about now?

(on edit)

He also claims 25% wants to get out of Iraq. Another lie.
It's over 55% now.

[KamaAina]

1. Well, 15 out of the 19 hijackers were Iraqi, right?

:sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm:

Oh, wait, they were actually Saudi. Never mind. Of course, they've got even more oil than Iraq, so I suppose we could always attack them, too... :sarcasm:

[undeterred]

2. If a bully punches you and you're afraid of him,

punch somebody else instead. There's the logic, I'm afraid.

[BlueEyedSon]

22. Especially if the other somebody has a lot of lunch money

[waiting for hope]

3. In his small little confused mind,

he is confusing fantasy with reality. His main mission as pResident in 2000 was to finish the war his poppy started and to get Saddam for he had made a threat against the old man. It's the underachiever one upping the parent.

[goforit]

4. Delusional to the max!

[Kerrytravelers]

5. He has got the numbers backwards- again.

Less that 25% want us IN Iraq. :eyes:

[buzzard]

32. Must be the dyslexia. n/t

[Julius Civitatus]

6. The BRAZEN CHUTZPAH of these people is unbelievable

Earlier this week he said he's never ever been for "staying the course."

Now he brings back the LIE that Iraq attacked us on 9/11, with the added twist of claiming Iraq "declared war on us."

Unbelievable!

:puke:

[sabra]

7. I thought he doesn't look @ polls? Where did he pull that number from?

[nam78_two]

8. sigh....

Iraq attacked us on 9/11

We never said Iraq has ties to 9/11

Iraq attacked us on 9/11

We went into Iraq to displace a dictator

Back to Iraq attacked us on 9/11

:banghead:

[SmokingJacket]

9. He means muslims.

It's a war on muslims. They sometimes pretend it's not, but then they forget to pretend.

[AntiFascist]

15. I agree....

I subscribe to the newsmax.com newsletter just to see what the right-wing propagandists are up to, and recently I received this. Notice that its no longer Muslim extremists that we have to fear, according to them it seems to be Muslims in general:

"Dear Newsmax Reader,

Liberals are so afraid of offending Muslims that they are denying these facts which are staring us in the face:

Radical Muslims the world over are engaged in an openly declared Holy War or Jihad against the West.
This Jihad is a grave danger to our nation and to all of Western civilization.
The Jihad challenges every facet of American life. Its agenda includes the purposeful and systematic dismantling of all aspects of our culture. It hopes ultimately to impose Sharia law on the U.S., replacing our law with provisions such as the stoning of adulterous women and cutting off thieves' hands.
The extent of the threat is not being effectively and truthfully communicated to the American public.

These are the reasons my organization is now sponsoring Jihad Watch, an information and action campaign to alert the American people to the real threat of the Muslim jihad, and what needs to be done to make our country and our civilization secure."

[Zodiak]

19. What I find disturbing

is that right-wingers actually believe that Muslim extremists can take over the US and impose their laws on us when Germany couldn;t do it, Russia couldn't so it, and the English couldn't do it.

If they are so patriotic and think American is so great, why the hell would they be worrying about being taken over by guys half a world away who are equipped with little beyond a kitchen-made bomb, a few bottle-rockets, and a bunch of small arms?

If the threat of nuclear annihilation from thousands of missiles did not stop America, why would a single nuke in a briefcase do it?

Do they really think America would just bow down to these guys if they invaded us? Puh-leeease.

[BlueEyedSon]

23. But but but Saddam & his state were SECULAR

[SmokingJacket]

25. I know that, you know that, and Bush knows that.

But his BASE does not.

[AlCzervik]

10. if you're still trying to sell the reassons for going to war almost 4 years

after said war started you're in HUGE trouble and i'm SERIES!!!11

[liberal N proud]

11. It was one of those middle easter countries anyway... Right?

It doesn't really matter which one, they all look the same and therefor they must all be guilty, Maybe we will attack them all before bu$h is done. Next IRAN.

:sarcasm:

[SpreadItAround]

12. He lies so much that he can't even keep them straight

It wasn't long ago that he was admitting that Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11

What a moron.

[LibertyLover]

13. Bush reminds me sometimes of George IV, the Prince Regent

who would regale visitors with stores of his adventures with Wellington, which of course never happened. One night at a dinner party honoring Wellington, George began telling how he had been at Waterloo, fought bravely and led his troops to victory. He finished by saying to Wellington something along the lines of 'isn't that so Wellington'. Everyone at the party, within hearing range of this wondered how Wellington was going to respond to this outrageous falsehood. Wellington, however, only replied that it had been a close run thing. I swear that Bush actually believes some of the tripe he spouts, just like the Prince Regent.

[Annces]

14. we are quoting a lying moron

it doesn't get more ridiculous.

[arewenotdemo]

16. Ironic thing is that the Cheerleader himself doesn't

"believe in war, at any cost", if he had to be doing the fighting.

[Virginia Dare]

17. By the Way, how's the hunt for Osama going?....n/t

[Straight Shooter]

18. I believe when the head of CIA is running around with his "hair on fire" ...

... you do something to stop an incoming, PREDICTED attack.

But, hey, that's just me. I'm not some bellicose prancing POS who wanted to get his war on.

[Mugsy]

20. Interesting conflation.

"When you are attacked and someone declaires war on you"...

Problem is, those are two separate entities. So "technically" speaking, it's "technically" true. But the shameless conflating of the two plays right to their base of morons that continue to believe to this day Iraq attacked us on 9/11.

Disgusting.

[KansDem]

21. He's delusional...

Never in my life did I imagine that the United States would ever be "led" by such incompetence and foolishness.

[Throwing Stones]

24. I'm banging my head against a wall now

:argh: aaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrhhggggggg

[gordianot]

26. Don't do that as was pointed out to me head banging causes brain damage.

Remeber Bush is brain damaged by causes not a pure as head banging.

Welcome to DU.

[young_at_heart]

27. There's a psychological term for this ----"Crazy Making"

Parents who give mixed messages, like smiling while they say something abusive are an example.

[Rocknrule]

28. Well, according to the Republican reality-twisters,

Saddam and Clinton personally piloted all 4 planes on 9/11 and the Clenis magically warped them out of the cockpits in the nick of time

[DesertRat]

29. Unbelievable.

Just because he doesn't read newspapers, he must think we don't read either. And we can also look things up on the internets and the googles.
:crazy:

[happydreams]

30. What he's really saying:

"I can say and do whatever I want. It's my reality, I can make it up as I go along and you fucking peasants better get used to it. "

[jazzjunkysue]

31. If he were a 3rd grader, he'd be classified as learning disabled.

He just has such a slow, long, learning curve.

[krkaufman]

33. Iraq invasion was equivalent of invading Russia after Pearl Harbor.

Thank dog Bush wasn't in charge in 1941; else we'd all be speaking German.

Russia was arch-enemy of Japan and Germany; and so was, begrudgingly, our ally in WW2.

Iraq was arch-enemy of al Qaeda and the Taliban; so invading Iraq and removing Saddam was basically doing Osama's work for him. Rather than having a stable, secular Iraq, we now have chaos and an real reason for Muslims to hate us.