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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 and/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...

As Prepared For Delivery By Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz Council on Foreign Relations New York City Thursday, January 23, 2003 It is a pleasure to be back here in New York, where I was born. The last time I spoke here was a little more than a year ago. I was here to commission a ship named the USS Bulkeley, a ship named after a New Yorker, Admiral John Bulkeley, who left a big mark on the Navy during a career that spanned decades and included actions in combat in his PT boat in the Philippines during WWII...

<p>WASHINGTON — Faced with rising opposition from key allies, the Bush administration on Tuesday intensified its campaign to justify war with Iraq and suggested it is increasingly willing to fight without broad international support.</p> <p>President Bush told reporters that Iraq's continued failure to volunteer information about its banned weapons programs "appears to be a rerun of a bad movie." A plainly irritated Bush also took a jab at U.S. allies such as France, which have urged that arms inspectors be given more time. "Surely our friends have learned lessons from the past," Bush said.</p>