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Nov. 12th, 2005 09:29 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
theweaselkingBush knows who is to blame for the complete failure of the invasion in Iraq to accomplish goals: The people who believed him when he said it would work. It's THEIR fault! All of them! They aren't allowed to criticise how he did it or point out that he was lying, because they KNEW he was a liar and an incompetent when they agreed with the invasion to prevent an "iminent" nuclear attack on the USA!
While we're on the topic of lies,
National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley, briefing reporters Thursday, countered "the notion that somehow this administration manipulated the intelligence." He said that "those people who have looked at that issue, some committees on the Hill in Congress, and also the Silberman-Robb Commission, have concluded it did not happen."
But the only committee investigating the matter, the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, has not yet done its inquiry into whether officials mischaracterized intelligence.
And Judge Laurence Silberman, chairman of Bush's commission on weapons of mass destruction, said in releasing his report on March 31, 2005, "Our executive order did not direct us to deal with the use of intelligence by policymakers, and all of us were agreed that that was not part of our inquiry."
Bush, in Pennsylvania Friday, was more precise, but he still implied that it had been proved that the administration did not manipulate intelligence, saying those who suggest the administration "manipulated the intelligence" are "fully aware that a bipartisan Senate investigation found no evidence of political pressure to change the intelligence community's judgments."
While we're on the topic of lies,
National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley, briefing reporters Thursday, countered "the notion that somehow this administration manipulated the intelligence." He said that "those people who have looked at that issue, some committees on the Hill in Congress, and also the Silberman-Robb Commission, have concluded it did not happen."
But the only committee investigating the matter, the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, has not yet done its inquiry into whether officials mischaracterized intelligence.
And Judge Laurence Silberman, chairman of Bush's commission on weapons of mass destruction, said in releasing his report on March 31, 2005, "Our executive order did not direct us to deal with the use of intelligence by policymakers, and all of us were agreed that that was not part of our inquiry."
Bush, in Pennsylvania Friday, was more precise, but he still implied that it had been proved that the administration did not manipulate intelligence, saying those who suggest the administration "manipulated the intelligence" are "fully aware that a bipartisan Senate investigation found no evidence of political pressure to change the intelligence community's judgments."
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Date: 2005-11-12 06:02 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-11-12 10:32 pm (UTC)If this offends you, let me know and I'll rework it from scratch instead.
You should be able to find it here somewhere (http://www.livejournal.com/~sloot/2005/11/12)
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Date: 2005-11-12 11:31 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-11-12 11:55 pm (UTC)http://www.livejournal.com/users/sloot/769606.html
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Date: 2005-11-13 01:48 am (UTC)Actually? I kind of agree. I'm not saying the Bush admin is free of responsibility, but there are a LOT of people who should have known better, or who did know better and didn't do anything.
The most interesting think in that article, actually, is Richie Santorum getting uppity with the White House. Santorum has been a Bush ass-kisser from day one. If he's edging towards plausible deniability (probably in preparation for a 2008 presidential run), then there are some serious cracks in the dam.
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Date: 2005-11-13 03:08 am (UTC)