Wednesday, August 06, 2003
THE TRUTH WILL OUT:
An Unprecedented Deception
The President took the nation to war based on his assertion that Iraq posed an imminent threat to our country. Now the evidence that backed that assertion is falling apart. Richard Butler, the chief U.N. weapons inspector in Iraq in the 1990s and a supporter of the war, recently wrote, "Clearly a decision had been taken to pump up the case against Iraq." (1)
If the Bush administration distorted intelligence or knowingly used false data to support the call to war, it would be an unprecedented deception. Even if weapons are now found, it'll be difficult to justify pre-war language that indicated that the exact location of the weapons was known and that they were ready to deploy at a moment's notice. With a crisis of credibility brewing abroad and the integrity of our President and our foreign policy on the line, we need answers now.
Representative Henry Waxman has introduced legislation to create an independent commission to look into the gap between the intelligence and what's been found. Demand the truth now.
Read the full text and latest examples of how the Bush and Blair administrations hyped the Iraq threat. Then do something by signing MoveOn's petition calling for an independent commission to investigate the lies and distortions of the Iraq war.
And "Have a wonderful day," as the lady behind the counter told me after checking out my groceries. "It isn't easy, ma'am. It isn't easy."
So What Do YOU Think? COMMENTS
An Unprecedented Deception
The President took the nation to war based on his assertion that Iraq posed an imminent threat to our country. Now the evidence that backed that assertion is falling apart. Richard Butler, the chief U.N. weapons inspector in Iraq in the 1990s and a supporter of the war, recently wrote, "Clearly a decision had been taken to pump up the case against Iraq." (1)
If the Bush administration distorted intelligence or knowingly used false data to support the call to war, it would be an unprecedented deception. Even if weapons are now found, it'll be difficult to justify pre-war language that indicated that the exact location of the weapons was known and that they were ready to deploy at a moment's notice. With a crisis of credibility brewing abroad and the integrity of our President and our foreign policy on the line, we need answers now.
Representative Henry Waxman has introduced legislation to create an independent commission to look into the gap between the intelligence and what's been found. Demand the truth now.
Read the full text and latest examples of how the Bush and Blair administrations hyped the Iraq threat. Then do something by signing MoveOn's petition calling for an independent commission to investigate the lies and distortions of the Iraq war.
And "Have a wonderful day," as the lady behind the counter told me after checking out my groceries. "It isn't easy, ma'am. It isn't easy."
So What Do YOU Think? COMMENTS
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