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Even the Bush administration, which once had "no doubt" about their "slam dunk" reason for violating a treaty that had existed longer than our nation itself, one of the load-bearing documents of our civilization, all in the name of protecting Americans against terrorists, NOW ADMITS THAT THERE WERE NO WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION IN IRAQ.
Once again, our top story:
In a related development, there were to deliver those nonexistent weapons, either.
In another related development, last week Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said this to the National Press Club:
"Saddam Hussein, if he's alive, is spending a whale of a lot of time trying to not get caught. And we've not seen him on a video since 2001. Now he's got to be busy. Why is he busy? It's because of the pressure that's being put on him." Worse, Rumsfeld repeated the same mistake, as if he has now permanently confused Osama bin Laden (generally believed to be responsible for the 9/11 attacks) with the now-incarcerated Iraqi dictator (who was not connected to those attacks, bin Laden, or Al Qaida).
To recap:
And that leads us to our interactive feature: Why, then, did we invade Iraq? And a special bonus question: Did that invasion make us safer (except, of course, for the more than 1,000 American soldiers, sailors, and Marines who have been killed there so far, and the more than 17,000 others who have been seriously injured, and of course many more Iraqi civilians and a growing number of journalists dead)? If you've got any answers, please enlighten us using either the comments feature below or the message board there in the left-hand column. And be prepared to back up any claim you make. You WILL be fact-checked.
Speaking of accountability, a new campaign has begun to hold the Bush administration accountable.
And finally, a human-interest piece: yesterday a New Jersey mother whose soldier son was killed in Iraq was arrested for interrupting Laura Bush at a campaign rally in Hamilton. As we all know, only Bush supporters who have signed loyalty oaths are allowed to attend Bush/Cheney rallies. Grieving mom Sue Niederer wore a T-shirt with a message: "Mr. Bush, you killed my son" -- which she kept covered, of course, until she got inside the rally. As she was removed from the room by police, Ms. Niederer said she wanted to ask Mrs. Bush why her children weren't serving in Iraq.
To summarize:
Remember: There will be a quiz on
posted by Janet Dagley Dagley @8:50 AM
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