[geeks] Religion and the Presidency

[Phil Stracchino]

Lionel Peterson wrote:
> He said there were WMDs in Iraq because he believed it to be true, as 
> did almost every elected official that saw the top secret breifings.

Well, yeah, but that's because that's what they wanted the briefings to 
show.  Every time someone tried to present some evidence that the claims 
of WMDs in Iraq were false, the entire administration stuck their 
fingers in their ears and shouted "LA LA LA LA LA I CAN'T HEAR YOU!"

> That there weren't WMDs doesn't make his decision a mistake or wrong - 
> it makes the info he and others in gov't got wrong... There is a 
> difference.

It does if the whole WMD story was a deliberate fabrication, which is 
what all the available evidence suggests.  They weren't looking for a 
*reason* to invade Iraq; they were looking for an *excuse*.


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