Infinite MonkeysPerhaps you've read Washington Post Editorial Page Editor Fred Hiatt's column in Monday's paper. Or maybe you haven't. If you believe, as many people do, that George W. Bush and his weak-kneed subordinates in the administration lied America into the war in Iraq, Haitt might be uncomfortable reading. You might feel more comfortable with this guy, this gal, this guy, or this especially erudite blogger. That's fine. I totally understand. What's the point of arguing when you can just say, "F&^* Fred Hiatt"?
Be that as it may, you don't get to say "Bush lied, people died" anymore. Sorry, you just don't. First of all, it's a stupid slogan -- always has been. Bush had lousy intelligence that buttressed his inclination to finish the job his old man started. That's hubris, not malice. Even so, as Hiatt points out, "In the report's final section, the committee takes issue with Bush's statements about Saddam Hussein's intentions and what the future might have held. But was that really a question of misrepresenting intelligence, or was it a question of judgment that politicians are expected to make?"
Secondly, the charge -- such as it is -- isn't true. Look, I've read and heard pretty legitimate cases against the war. I've even read some good arguments against the war on this very website. You too can make those arguments! But if you parrot the Senate Intelligence Committee's CYA line, you're going to look like an idiot. A moron. You're going to look like Howard Dean or Dick Durban or, God help you, Vincent Bugliosi. And I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy.
Posted by Ben at June 9, 2008 11:41 PMSenator Rockefeller himself is quoted in the pre-war din as having said very specifically:
"There has been some debate over how "imminent" a threat Iraq poses. I do believe that Iraq poses an imminent threat, but I also believe that after September 11, that question is increasingly outdated. It is in the nature of these weapons, and the way they are targeted against civilian populations, that documented capability and demonstrated intent may be the only warning we get."
and "To insist on further evidence could put some of our fellow Americans at risk. Can we afford to take that chance? We cannot!"
from article entitled 'Jay Rockefeller, Not Serious'
http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/2008/02/jay_rockefeller_not_serious.asp
Also note the the excerpts about the Protect America Act. And this is the buffoon heading up the Senate Intelligence Committee!
This is just what the democratic side of the congress is best at (the only thing they are halfway competent at), and that is lying and deception on their part. They think they can get their little racist Obama in office by nothing much more than associating McCain somehow to Bush. They make Bush seem honest by comparison by miles. They should sniff the vile underwear of their own leadership as majority in congress being at such truly pathetic lows, and say to themselves "Whoooheee, We stink".
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