“I just want you to know that, when we talk about war, we’re really talking about peace.” — George orWell Bush, Washington, D.C. June 18th, 2002
Well, all “right” then! That explains these!
“Iraq is a very wealthy country. Enormous oil reserves. They can finance, largely finance the reconstruction of their own country. And I have no doubt that they will.” – Richard Perle, Chairman of the Pentagon’s Defense Policy Board, July 11th, 2002
“Ladies and gentlemen, these are not assertions. These are facts, corroborated by many sources, some of them sources of the intelligence services of other countries.” –Secretary of State Colin Powell, testifying about Iraq’s chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons capabilities before the United Nations Security Council, February 5th, 2003
“It’s hard to conceive that it would take more forces to provide stability in post-Saddam Iraq than it would take to conduct the war itself and to secure the surrender of Saddam’s security forces and his army. Hard to imagine.” –Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz, testifying before the House Budget Committee prior to the Iraq war, February 27th, 2003
“My belief is we will, in fact, be greeted as liberators.” –Vice President Dick Cheney, “Meet the Press,” March 16th, 2003
“There is a lot of money to pay for this that doesn’t have to be U.S. taxpayer money, and it starts with the assets of the Iraqi people. We are talking about a country that can really finance its own reconstruction and relatively soon.” – Paul Wolfowitz, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense, testifying before the Defense Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee, March 27th, 2003
“The United States is committed to helping Iraq recover from the conflict, but Iraq will not require sustained aid.” – Mitchell Daniels, Director, White House Office of Management and Budget, April 21st, 2003
“Major combat operations in Iraq have ended. In the battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed.” – George orWell Bush, standing under a “Mission Accomplished” banner on the USS Lincoln aircraft carrier, May 2nd, 2003
“I think they’re in the last throes, if you will, of the insurgency.” –Vice President Dick Cheney, on the Iraq insurgency, June 20th, 2005
This one just in, 4 hours ago:
Reuters
Sunday, August 24, 2008; 5:03 AM
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Two roadside bombs exploding in quick succession killed four people and wounded 15 in central Baghdad’s Nahda district on Sunday, police said.
The first bomb apparently targeted a police patrol in the busy neighborhood. When bystanders rushed to the scene to tend to the wounded, a second bomb exploded, police said. (Washington Post)
I think that the above clearly demonstrates that:
1 – reasonable people cannot reasonably trust republiCons to tell the truth, and
2 – January 20, 2009 will be The End Of An Error.
(originally published at MnBlue.com)
