KindaSleeza Rice and the Other Lying Liars of the Bush Administration

[SoDesuKa]

KindaSleeza Rice famously warned of a mushroom cloud over U.S. cities if we didn't invade Iraq and depose Saddam Hussein. It was a lie, of course, one that Hans Blix openly disputed. Too bad we'll never get to ask Osama bin Laden about the alleged friendship between him and Saddam.

Can you imagine a head-to-head comparison between Osama and KindaSleeza to see who's more credible? No wonder it was neater to simply dispatch Osama off to Hell rather than allow him to appear to be more honest and straightforward than the former Secretary of State.

Of course, I'm not implying that Osama's any kind of truth teller himself. But we were told repeatedly of the friendship between bin Laden and Saddam Hussein. It was the basis for the invasion of Iraq. Osama would likely have challenged this assertion and might have convinced Americans that it was Bush, not he, who lied.

[PDJane]

1. It's been a lie from the beginning,

and it only worked because the propaganda machine worked overtime. The people who knew the most about the situation were ignored.

[SoDesuKa]

3. Head to Head Comparison

KindaSleeza had the uncritical support of Judith Miller and the others at the New York Times, but in parts of the world where our narrative has to compete with other narratives, we don't look so good. In fact we look like lying liars.

We seem absolutely flummoxed in Iraq and Afghanistan because nobody seems to believe us. And we only want the best for everyone, don't we? How come they still hate us?

Ah well. Send in the SEALs.

[grasswire]

2. well then, maybe Osama was dispatched to protect Bush...

...considering the fact that Wikileaks documents were pointing to abbottabad. I suppose it's possible that this administration is protecting the Bushies.

Who knows?

[SoDesuKa]

4. Thanking George Bush

I have no idea why President Obama passed up numerous opportunities to get out of Afghanistan and increased our commitment there. The right wing is making quite a big deal of that these days, too. Especially KindaSleeza, who attributes American "success" in Afghanistan to the brilliant path laid out by George Bush.

Imitation is flattery. If Obama thought Bush had been doing the wrong thing in Afghanistan, he had lots of chances to change course. He didn't.

[CelticThunder]

5. She and tey are lucky that Obama has their backs, no?

[SoDesuKa]

6. Consistency in Foreign Policy

I'll admit being puzzled by Obama's foreign policy. He's keeping Guantanamo open despite campaign pledges to close it, and he also increased America's commitment in Afghanistan. My guess is that he thinks it's a good idea not to shift foreign policy abruptly every time the presidency changes. I don't see how keeping either of these policies is consistent with the positions taken by Obama the candidate.

Taking Osama bin Laden alive would have guaranteed a foreign policy nightmare because he'd almost certainly deny being the boogie man that Bush represented him to be. In a head-to-head truthfulness showdown with the mendacious Condoleezza Rice, for example, bin Laden might actually have won.

I don't know Obama's motivations for many of his foreign policies. He seems to let spinning things continue to spin until they stop. Killing Osama might have been the wrong thing from a number of perspectives, but it did drive his poll numbers up.

[JTFrog]

7. Misinformation brigade on the march....

He signed a fucking executive order to close Guantanamo and Congress wouldn't fund it. He promised to increase America's commitment in Afghanistan during his campaign.

BOTH COMPLETELY 100% CONSISTENT WITH OBAMA THE CANDIDATE.

Quit spreading your bullshit here.