Or, more likely, simply attempts to confuse, obfuscate and obscure the point.
Bush defends invasion of Iraq, despite WMD questions
In his speech, Bush states: "Knowing what I knew then and knowing what I know today, America did the right thing in Iraq…"
But, here's the thing. The point isn’t “did we do the right thing”. That’s for history to decide and, frankly, we’re way too close to these events for anyone to know that yet. But even those of us that prefer to think of war as a ‘last resort’ rather than a ‘first option’ are perfectly willing to grant that the world is probably much better off without Saddam Hussein and his cohorts in power. Granted… given… run with it… and if that lets you sleep better at night, more power to you.
But the real question—the one that SHOULD keep you up nights—is “did the President lie (mislead? misdirect? let's not quibble over semantics, okay?) to everyone in order to ‘sell’ us on a war in Iraq.” Because, if he did, he took our worst fears and used them against us to justify a war that no one (outside his administration) wanted.
Guess we can consider “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself” to “the buck stops here” as concepts that no longer carry any weight in our world. Unlike War is Peace, unfortunately.
Bush defends invasion of Iraq, despite WMD questions
In his speech, Bush states: "Knowing what I knew then and knowing what I know today, America did the right thing in Iraq…"
But, here's the thing. The point isn’t “did we do the right thing”. That’s for history to decide and, frankly, we’re way too close to these events for anyone to know that yet. But even those of us that prefer to think of war as a ‘last resort’ rather than a ‘first option’ are perfectly willing to grant that the world is probably much better off without Saddam Hussein and his cohorts in power. Granted… given… run with it… and if that lets you sleep better at night, more power to you.
But the real question—the one that SHOULD keep you up nights—is “did the President lie (mislead? misdirect? let's not quibble over semantics, okay?) to everyone in order to ‘sell’ us on a war in Iraq.” Because, if he did, he took our worst fears and used them against us to justify a war that no one (outside his administration) wanted.
Guess we can consider “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself” to “the buck stops here” as concepts that no longer carry any weight in our world. Unlike War is Peace, unfortunately.
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