You got some chutzpa, Carl, accusing me of exaggerating, then making up a list of whoppers like that. First of all, as I said before, even France, that was trying desperately to stop the war on Iraq, never said that Saddam didn't have WMDs. If any of the Security Council members had been in doubt, don't you think France would have tried the line on for size? Everybody knew that Saddam had WMDs.
Secondly, every assertion in this list is a either a lie or totally clueless:
There are a hell of a lot more than just one hole in Bush's head. He was wrong about how the Iraqi people would welcome us.
He said they would welcome us, and rejoice over Saddam's downfall. They did. Just because we still having trouble with small minorities of fedayeen, former Ba'athists, and radical Shi'a, does not make the general statement untrue. Bush never said that occupying Iraq would be a picnic. It is only you who construct such strawman arguments.
He was wrong about whether the Iraqi military would shoot back at us.
Huh? Which 'wrong' are you claiming, that Bush said the Iraqis would defend Baghdad to the death or wouldn't shoot at all? Bush expected neither; he expected to fight a brief war, and he did fight a brief war.
He was wrong about how world opinion would react to his naked aggression.
He didn't care if the Euros squawked, Carl. He thought that American stature in the Mideast would be improved, and the current tour strongly implies that he was right. Who claims that American influence has been lessened?
He was wrong in his belief that the lives of the Iraqi people would be improved by the removal of Saddam (at least so far).
You asked any Iraqis about that? The rule of fear is gone, the mass graves are being emptied instead of filled, the exiles are coming home.
He was wrong when he said that the head of Al Qaeda had been chopped off and it was defeated.
He never said Al Qaeda had been defeated, just that it was on the run and diminished. Seen any attacks against hard targets since 9/11, Carl?
When he said that major hostilities were over in Iraq he was wrong.
So, are we fighting any major battles that I missed, Carl? Major hostilities are over.
Your take on the Israeli situation is so absurd it's not even worth fisking. Sharon neither lied to Bush nor surrendered now - except by cooperating with Bush, if you call that surrender. |
