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August 21, 2006
Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics
"Nobody has ever suggested in this administration that Saddam Hussein ordered the 9/11 attack" -- George W. Bush, press conference, 8/21/06
"[Iraq was] the geographic base of the terrorists who have had us under assault for many years, but most especially on 9/11." -- Dick Cheney, Meet The Press, September 14, 2003
"There was a relationship between Iraq and al-Qaeda that stretched back through most of the decade of the ’90s, that it involved training, for example, on BW and CW, that al-Qaeda sent personnel to Baghdad to get trained on the systems that are involved. The Iraqis providing bomb-making expertise and advice to the al-Qaeda organization." -- Dick Cheney, Meet The Press, September 14, 2003
Cheney, however, insisted the case was not closed into whether there was an Iraq connection to the Sept. 11 attacks. "We don't know." -- CNBC interview, June 18, 2004
"Our intelligence sources tell us that he has attempted to purchase high-strength aluminum tubes suitable for nuclear weapons production." -- Bush's State of the Union address, January 29, 2003
This administration is engaging in a disgusting game of hair-splitting and nuance-drawing, continuing the pattern of deliberate deception that has been its hallmark since it seized control in 2000. They massage their words carefully, drawing as close a connection between Saddam Hussein and 9/11 as they possibly can (an allegation that has been definitively proven to be a patent and blatant lie), without saying the actual words "Saddam ordered 9/11." Then, when called out on the lie by reporters or the American people, they weasel their words again by arguing that they never claimed that Saddam ordered the 9/11 attacks. Perhaps not, but the administration -- especially that treasonous, evil son of a bitch Cheney -- has gone out of their way to draw as direct a connection as possible without actually saying the words.
Bush lied today, like he has lied every day since seizing power. Meanwhile, in Iraq, more than 2,610 American miltary personnel have lost their lives in Iraq, the direct result of the Bush administration's lies and deception. Meanwhile, Halliburton recorded more than $13.6 billion in Iraq-related revenue from March 2003 through September 2005.
A pretty heavy price for deliberate and calculated lies by George W. Bush and the Dick, wouldn't you say?
Comments
I couldn't find a transcript of that press conference. Could you? I wanted to go off a bit about it...
Posted by: thedr9wningman at August 22, 2006 03:12 PM
