"I don't know where bin Laden is. I have no idea and really don't care. It's not that important. It's not our priority."
- G.W. Bush, 3/13/02
"I am truly not that concerned about him."
- G.W. Bush, repsonding to a question about bin Laden's whereabouts,
3/13/02 (The New American, 4/8/02)
Now onto Iraq.
Rummy: An Immediate Threat
Some boring text.
Nuclear Weapons in Iraq
Assertion: In September 2002 Bush said, “I would remind you that when the inspectors first went into Iraq and were denied—finally denied access, a report came out of the Atomic—the IAEA, that they were six months away from developing a [nuclear] weapon. I don’t know what more evidence we need.” And on Meet the Press in March 2002, Cheney clearly claimed that Iraq was already in possession of “reconstituted nuclear weapons.”
Truth: In fact, the estimate to which Bush was referring was more than a decade old and was made before Iraq’s military capabilities were decimated in the Gulf War. Cheney later admitted that his claim, which contributed to the push for war, was false. (Pages 254, 263) From
The ABCs of W.
Bush Administration Spends Week Retracting Assertions about Saddam's Threat to the U.S.
The Bush administration this week backed away from three major rationales for going to war in Iraq last March, undermining its assertions that Hussein's Iraq posed an imminent threat to the United States and its allies.
September 11th
As recently as Sunday, Vice President Cheney, claimed that on the question of Saddam Hussein's involvement in September 11th, "We just don't know."1 But within days, both President Bush and Defense Secretary Rumsfeld each admitted there was no evidence that Hussein had any connection. On Wednesday, Bush maintained there was "no evidence" that Hussein was involved.2 Two days later, Rumsfeld, said, "I've not seen any indication that would lead me to believe that I could say that."3
Yet in March, Hussein's possible involvement in the terrorist attacks garnered support for the war from many Americans. At the time, the widely reported meeting between 9/11 planner Mohammed Atta and Iraq's security chief in Prague a few months before the attack was found by the CIA not to be credible.4
'Reconstituted Nuclear Weapons Program'
Recently, Cheney backed away from the assertion he made three days before the war began, that the strongest reason for going to war was that "we believe [Hussein] has, in fact, reconstituted nuclear weapons."5 But the International Atomic Energy Agency reported two weeks before that , "There was no indication of resumed nuclear activities."6 And six months later on Meet the Press, Cheney said simply, "I misspoke."7
Weapons of Mass Destruction
This week, Rumsfeld reversed earlier statements claiming that the U.S. knew where Iraq's weapons of destruction were located. When asked why the weapons hadn't been found, this past Tuesday Rumsfeld said, "What do you mean? You're talking about a country the size of California."8 Yet months ago, just two weeks into the war, Rumsfeld said, "We know where they are. They are in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad and east, west, south and north somewhat."9 From The Daily Misleader.
Not There From Operation Truth.
The mellifluous tones of Jesse Ventura.
There's some fun Flash files here. The site is heavily biased but so are all the above sites, (biased towards the truth that is.
)And just so I don't get accused of being a total Commie bastard here's some Nazi propaganda too Kerry 'Lied'. Personally I fail to see how speaking out against the well documented atrocities that were committed during a wasteful and futile ground war in Vietnam can be construed as a lie but it does make him seem like a bit of a 'peacenik'... "Damned liberal hippy". The ad is the same old Republican rhetoric which anyone familiar with Jimbo's regurgitations would have heard a hundred times already followed by a really stunning collection of Vietnam war photojournalism and heartstring music designed to make one angry that a man could turn his back on his fellow soldiers when that is far from the truth.
It's interesting to note that the best the reds can come up with to attack the blues with are so called 'lies' (from a certain point of view) made some thirty years ago by an angry young man who served his country. Kerry served in Vietnam during a time when the current leader was whooping it up with hookers and cocaine instead of reporting for his soft option duty in the Texas Air National Guard.
Whether Kerry lied or not about the monstrous actions taken by some soldiers during the war the truth is that Bush is still lying.
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Bush Lies about watching plane hit:
QUESTION: One thing, Mr. President, is that you have no idea how much you've done for this country, and another thing is that how did you feel when you heard about the terrorist attack?
BUSH: Well... (APPLAUSE)
Thank you, Jordan (ph).
Well, Jordan (ph), you're not going to believe what state I was in when I heard about the terrorist attack. I was in Florida. And my chief of staff, Andy Card -- actually I was in a classroom talking about a reading program that works. And I was sitting outside the classroom waiting to go in, and I saw an airplane hit the tower -- the TV was obviously on, and I use to fly myself, and I said, "There's one terrible pilot." And I said, "It must have been a horrible accident."
But I was whisked off there -- I didn't have much time to think about it, and I was sitting in the classroom, and Andy Card, my chief who was sitting over here walked in and said, "A second plane has hit the tower. America's under attack."
There is a problem with the above statement. There was no live video coverage of the first plane hitting the tower. There couldn't be. Video of that first plane hitting the tower did not surface until AFTER the second plane had hit.
Since they can't seem to make Bush look good all they can try is to level the playing field by dragging Kerry's image down to meet Bush's.