"Note that the resolution puts the Iraq war in the context of
September 11 without saying that Iraq was involved in those
attacks; it recites what was indisputably true--that Iraq
harbored members of al Qaeda."
September 11 and Iraq: Short Memories
Power Line
The mainstream media continue their faux outrage over the link that President Bush drew between September 11 and the Iraq war in his speech Tuesday night; here is one of countless examples.
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This is, frankly, mystifying; as one of our readers pointed out yesterday, the connection between the Iraq war and September 11 was made explicit in the text of the Congressional resolution that authorized military action in Iraq.
Here are some excerpts:
Whereas members of al Qaida, an organization bearing
responsibility for attacks on the United States, its
citizens, and interests, including the attacks that
occurred on September 11, 2001, are known to be in Iraq;
Whereas Iraq continues to aid and harbor other
international terrorist organizations, including
organizations that threaten the lives and safety of
United States citizens;
Whereas the attacks on the United States of September 11,
2001, underscored the gravity of the threat posed by the
acquisition of weapons of mass destruction by
international terrorist organizations;
Whereas Congress has taken steps to pursue vigorously the
war on terrorism through the provision of authorities and
funding requested by the President to take the necessary
actions against international terrorists and terrorist
organizations, including those nations, organizations, or
persons who planned, authorized, committed, or aided the
terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001, or
harbored such persons or organizations;
Whereas the President and Congress are determined to
continue to take all appropriate actions against
international terrorists and terrorist organizations,
including those nations, organizations, or persons who
planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist
attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001, or harbored
such persons or organizations;
Note that the resolution puts the Iraq war in the context of September 11 without saying that Iraq was involved in those attacks; it recites what was indisputably true--that Iraq harbored members of al Qaeda.
One would think that administration critics like Joe Biden, John Kerry, Harry Reid and Chuck Schumer would remember what was in the resolution, since they voted for it. I can understand why it would be convenient for the Democrats to forget that the resolution that authorized the Iraq war specifically and repeatedly linked the rationale for that war to the September 11 attacks.
It is not so clear why mainstream reporters and commentators are so willing to share the Democrats' amnesia.
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