What Inspections?
What inspectors? When I read this at this week's Democratic Underground's Top Ten Conservative Idiots I was puzzled again by the way Bush's mind works. Now, according the commander in chief, the reason we went into Iraq is because the weapons inspectors weren't allowed in (!?!!?):
Was it just two weeks ago that Our Great MisLeader lambasted "revisionist historians" for dissembling about what happened in the run-up to the invasion of Iraq? Because this week Bush proved beyond doubt that he is not merely a liar or a stinking hypocrite, but - worse than that - he actually has no fucking clue what's going on around him. During a speech last week about his "darned good intelligence" Bush came up with this gem: "We gave [Saddam] a chance to allow the inspectors in, and he wouldn't let them in. And, therefore, after a reasonable request, we decided to remove him." Now pardon me, but of all the lies that the administration has told during this affair, this particular one is 100% FIRST-CLASS TOP-DRAWER A-ONE BULLSHIT. Since George has obviously forgotten, here's what actually happened - the Iraqis did allow the weapons inspectors back into Iraq, and then they had to pull out because George gave Saddam a 48-hour ultimatum. I mean, have I gone mad here? This did actually happen didn't it? But let's face it - the most frightening thing about this latest lie is that I'm left wondering to myself why I know that UN weapons inspectors were in Iraq for four whole months before we invaded, and yet the President of the United States doesn't. I mean, this is only the pre-emptive invasion of a sovereign nation we're talking about here. So it would probably be nice if the leader of this country - the commander-in-chief of the military - could clearly remember decisions that he was involved in as far back as, ooh, March. And don't give me this "misspeaking" crap either. How the hell do you misspeak about something this important - something so relevant to your decision to go to war? It's a simple fact for crying out loud! For goodness sake, man, sort yourself out! You're an embarrassment! The hell? Is the goal just to keep coming up with stuff until we are just numb and don't even remember anymore? That must be it, because the press lets him get away with it. Stolen without permission from Democratic Underground
posted by majikwah @ 7/21/2003 03:43:00 PM
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