Either "sociopathic mass murderers of American soldiers and Marines or just outright liars"
This is a must-read for those who might be wondering about the significance of the Downing Street Minutes and the Bush Administration's determination to invade Iraq as early as July 2002. Read on if you wish to know more about the behind-the-scenes lying and manipulation the Bush Administration performed in just one of the sections of the executive branch of the US government.
An interview with Lt. Col Karen Kwiatkowski, USAF (Ret.) [from DailyKos.com]
Here's a sampling, and Karen's attitude, which I think everyone should share, regarding those in the Bush Administration who continue to lie to us about Iraq:
[DailyKos user alysheba]: By far the most damning statement I've seen attributed to you was a comment you made in your interview with Common Dreams. You said: "The truth is, we know [Saddam] didn't have these things. Almost a billion dollars has been spent - a billion dollars! - by David Kay's group to search for these WMD, a total whitewash effort. They didn't find anything, they didn't expect to find anything."
To date, former UNSCOMM Chief Weapons Inspector, Scott Ritter, is the only person I've seen echo this sentiment publicly, perhaps because it implicitly suggests that the war involved not manipulation, not mistakes, but outright lies.
Can you point to anything or anyone else who could help to prove that others actually "knew" Iraq had no WMD?
[Kwiatkowski]: Tommy Franks and the President must have known, because they sent the bulk of troops into Iraq without chem, bio or nuclear protection gear.
The choice isn't between mistakes and outright lies, it is between being sociopathic mass murderers of American soldiers and Marines or just outright liars. The administration knowingly manipulated what they had in the intelligence and lied about the rest to bring our country, the Congress and the other countries along.
An interview with Lt. Col Karen Kwiatkowski, USAF (Ret.) [from DailyKos.com]
Here's a sampling, and Karen's attitude, which I think everyone should share, regarding those in the Bush Administration who continue to lie to us about Iraq:
[DailyKos user alysheba]: By far the most damning statement I've seen attributed to you was a comment you made in your interview with Common Dreams. You said: "The truth is, we know [Saddam] didn't have these things. Almost a billion dollars has been spent - a billion dollars! - by David Kay's group to search for these WMD, a total whitewash effort. They didn't find anything, they didn't expect to find anything."
To date, former UNSCOMM Chief Weapons Inspector, Scott Ritter, is the only person I've seen echo this sentiment publicly, perhaps because it implicitly suggests that the war involved not manipulation, not mistakes, but outright lies.
Can you point to anything or anyone else who could help to prove that others actually "knew" Iraq had no WMD?
[Kwiatkowski]: Tommy Franks and the President must have known, because they sent the bulk of troops into Iraq without chem, bio or nuclear protection gear.
The choice isn't between mistakes and outright lies, it is between being sociopathic mass murderers of American soldiers and Marines or just outright liars. The administration knowingly manipulated what they had in the intelligence and lied about the rest to bring our country, the Congress and the other countries along.