Lying our way to war, again

kc — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 11:27:26 -0800

There has been some disagreement about whether George W. Bush in fact lied about Iraq in order to invade the country. He argues that he didn't know the full truth, and that what we said at the time was what he believed to be true. Others point out that the truth was there, but that Bush and his cohorts weren't looking at it objectively. Whatever. But I think there is little doubt now that the president was lying about the threat of Iran obtaining nuclear weapons. The newly released National Intelligence Assessment on Iran clearly states that their nuclear weapons program closed in 2003. And, the president and his people knew about this assessment for the last several months, while in public they were making all kinds of threatening gestures, even talking World War III. Plausible deniability might get you off on Iraq, but not Iran. Watch him squirm to explain himself: Josh Marshall's take:

Look at the expressions on Bush's face and the evident discomfort as he gets ready to fib and weave about when he knew the intel on Iran. Pay particular attention to when he says he was told there was new information back in August but supposedly didn't ask what the 'new information' was. And then: "He didn't tell me what the information was." Right ...)

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Lying our way to war, again