Posted on 11/14/2005 5:45:43 AM PST by conservativecorner
Among the many distortions, misrepresentations and outright falsifications that have emerged from the debate over Iraq, one in particular stands out above all others. This is the charge that George W. Bush misled us into an immoral or unnecessary war in Iraq by telling a series of lies that have now been definitively exposed.
What makes this charge so special is the amazing success it has enjoyed in getting itself established as a self-evident truth even though it has been refuted and discredited over and over again by evidence and argument alike. In this it resembles nothing so much as those animated cartoon characters who, after being flattened, blown up or pushed over a cliff, always spring back to life with their bodies perfectly intact. Perhaps, like those cartoon characters, this allegation simply cannot be killed off, no matter what.
Nevertheless, I want to take one more shot at exposing it for the lie that it itself really is. Although doing so will require going over ground that I and many others have covered before, I hope that revisiting this well-trodden terrain may also serve to refresh memories that have grown dim, to clarify thoughts that have grown confused, and to revive outrage that has grown commensurately dulled.
(Excerpt) Read more at opinionjournal.com ...
To liberals and Democrats---truth is whatever they want to believe and you wont talk them out of it with facts.
There needs to be a "527" campaign launched to educate the public...the MSM will receive much needed revenues but eventually the truth will out...keep showing pictures with dates of the Dems touting the theory that Saddam had wmd's...day after day...attack the media with copies of their own "copy" with dates in the late 90's (long before Bush was running much less elected) that show the MSM knows and reported it when the Dems promoted it.
The MSM and the Democraps seems to SPIN this ,some what successful.
Think of the IDIOTS that believe this crap !!
Great article -- must read -- we already know -- shows how if you tell a lie often enought the peasants will believe.
We must speak out more. and fight harder as this should remind all of us the time in history, 1930's to be accurate when Hitler was spinning his truth.
Remember, journalism is a trade not a profession.
MSM has a hatrid for the current administration.
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Had Saddam Hussein lived up to the agreement he made in 1991 to save his regime, we would not have been left wondering if he had chemical, biological, or nuclear weapons. In the aftermath of 9/11/01, this is all the justification that was needed to remove his regime through military force. Of course, Hussein also had ties to terrorists and he tried to kill a former President of the United States. Why are the nimwits on the left still arguing over whether the war in Iraq was justified?
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It wouldn't hurt to also trumpet that coalition forces in Iraq found the raw materials, the parts, the recipes/plans for WMDs.
Just because they hadn't yet been assembled into actual weapons somehow is supposed to mean that saddam is just some misunderstood proponent of peace on earth, persecuted by the eee-vil Americans.
Podhoretz nails it. Whole lotta lyin' necessary on the Democratic side - including the Democrats in the media - in order to keep this story going.
Bump. No registration req'd at opinion journal, everyone should read the whole thing, and slap Libs in the face with it.
bump and ping and post:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1228236/posts
This final paragraph in Mr. Podhoretz's fine article clarifies the criminal contempt for the truth that the Democrat party is engaged in. Anti-Americanism in the pursuit of political gain is a vice so horrible that it must be repudiated in the strongest possible manner.
The complete dismantling of the anti-war movement is an absolute necessity if we are to remain a people of dignity and honor.
Let the special prosecutor interview each of these liars, senators especially, and find them guilty of criminal fraud. Then, and only then, will the charges against Libby have any merit whatever.
What has to happen is you need to have a "USA Today" type of paper where you can take all the AP submitted articles and edit them to tell the truth, rather than the bias.
Between that and Fox you will cover the masses. We already know more people are rejecting liberal propaganda. Just look at circulation numbers of the fish wrap and viewing numbers of MSTV.
You should hear the idiot I work with. He said Saddam should be put back in power and no WOT. If we get attacked again "so what". This is a drunken hick that relies on dart shooting for stimulation. Hard to comprehend this kind of thinking. But this is someone who did not give a shit about 9/11 also. Go figure.
One of the centerpieces of President Bush's counter-offensive against his Iraq war critics will be a Republican National Committee commercial focusing on a speech given by former President Bill Clinton.
U.S. News & World Report says the RNC ad will spotlight Clinton's Feb. 17, 1998 speech on Iraq, where the former prez "guaranteed" that Saddam Hussein would use his weapons of mass destruction.
"Let's imagine the future," Clinton said seven years ago. "What if [Saddam] fails to comply [with U.N. sanctions], and we fail to act, or we take some ambiguous third route which gives him yet more opportunities to develop this program of weapons of mass destruction and continue to press for the release of the sanctions and continue to ignore the solemn commitments that he made?"
Clinton warned: "He will conclude that the international community has lost its will. He will then conclude that he can go right on and do more to rebuild an arsenal of devastating destruction.
"And some day, some way, I guarantee you, he'll use the arsenal."
Other soundbytes from Democratic flip-floppers will feature WMD warnings from Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi.
Great article but liberals won't read it, the msm won't reprint it, the msm tv talking heads will not talk about it {except to lie about it} so the average joe that doesn't get wrapped in politics will never hear or see it and could care less. The great thing about a democracy is that not everyone votes. There are so many ignorant people that can name every hollywood star but not know the name of the VP or their senator. These yoyos don't vote, and shouldn't. The reason some of them show up at the polls are cigarettes, booze and bucks. If you wonder why the President's poll numbers are in the 30's, it is because they are over polling demonRATS and adults over 18. These are not likely voters nor even registered voters. Who cares what some nose picker from chicago, philly or la la land says about their trust in Bush?
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