In other news, water is still wet

Senate committee: Bush knew Iraq claims weren't true

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/244/story/39963.html



But hey, now that we're already there, my friends, we may as well stick around for a while.

 

Not startling. I'd like to see a report detailing exactly why they lied, obfuscated and cooked intelligence to get into a war in Iraq.

Daddy issues? Oil profits? Boredom? Kicking Afghanistan's ass just not satisfying?

 

Perhaps Congress should hold a few hearings and find out.

 

And just for the record:

 

An addition to the list--delusional neocons who thought they could remake the Middle East.

 

Daddy issues first, Oil profits second.
He had to continue daddy's legacy, you know...

 

Another addition: Bush wanted to wear a flightsuit and fly in a fighter jet.

 

He shoulda done that back in the day.

 

Blogger John Cole, an ex-Republican, has a sobering take:

http://www.balloon-juice.com/?p=10550

 

Remember the Maine! Gulf of Tonkin. I am not a crook. I did not have sex with that woman Monica Lewinski.

Yeah Presidents have never been complicit in mistruths told the the American people.

FDR deceived most of the country into thinking he had the use of his legs and was in great health.

Andrew Jackson told stories about John Quincy Adams acting as pimp to the Czar of Russia in order to try and get elected.