Sunday, April 18, 2004
Parse this!
Bush, May 23, 2002:
Bush, November 2001 (date, here)
Of course, the plans weren't on Bush's desk! They were in the cubbyhole! So, "technically," Bush might not be lying.
Of course, we all knew we were being lied to, that the speeches on policy, the soul-searching, the furrowed brow, the diplomacy, the coalition-building, the UN Security Council votes, the Congressional Resolution, the entire Constitutional process were completely fraudulent, and that Bush had already thrown the dice for war. (Obvious both in retrospect and at the time, since it took us months to preposition the troops and the materiel, and we certainly weren't going to meekly ship all that back home.)
YABL, YABL, YABL, YABL, YABL, YABL, YABL, YABL, YABL, YABL, YABL, YABL, YABL, YABL, YABL, YABL, YABL, YABL, YABL, YABL, YABL, YABL, YABL, YABL, YABL, YABL, YABL, YABL, YABL, YABL, YABL, YABL, YABL, YABL, YABL, YABL.
The only surprise is that the SCLM is surprised. Not that it isn't a good thing, ultimatelely, to have the infection lanced, even though the sight of all the pus oozing out isn't pleasant.
"I have no war plans on my desk," Bush said at a Berlin news conference during the first stop of his European tour. "We've got to use all means at our disposal to deal with Saddam Hussein." His statement was in answer to a question about U.S. plans regarding Iraq and heightened concerns voiced throughout the world about the war on terror.
(via http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/05/23/gen.war.on.terror/)
Bush, November 2001 (date, here)
"President Bush, after a National Security Council meeting, takes Don Rumsfeld aside, collars him physically and takes him into a little cubbyhole room and closes the door and says, 'What have you got in terms of plans for Iraq?' What is the status of the war plan? I want you to get on it. I want you to keep it secret", says Woodward.
(via CBS)
Of course, the plans weren't on Bush's desk! They were in the cubbyhole! So, "technically," Bush might not be lying.
Of course, we all knew we were being lied to, that the speeches on policy, the soul-searching, the furrowed brow, the diplomacy, the coalition-building, the UN Security Council votes, the Congressional Resolution, the entire Constitutional process were completely fraudulent, and that Bush had already thrown the dice for war. (Obvious both in retrospect and at the time, since it took us months to preposition the troops and the materiel, and we certainly weren't going to meekly ship all that back home.)
YABL, YABL, YABL, YABL, YABL, YABL, YABL, YABL, YABL, YABL, YABL, YABL, YABL, YABL, YABL, YABL, YABL, YABL, YABL, YABL, YABL, YABL, YABL, YABL, YABL, YABL, YABL, YABL, YABL, YABL, YABL, YABL, YABL, YABL, YABL, YABL.
The only surprise is that the SCLM is surprised. Not that it isn't a good thing, ultimatelely, to have the infection lanced, even though the sight of all the pus oozing out isn't pleasant.
