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To: PartyTime who wrote (3201)4/12/2006 9:24:55 AM
From: Bill  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 14758
 
"The Iraqi dictator must not be permitted to threaten America and the world with horrible poisons and diseases and gases and atomic weapons."
-- George Bush, Oct. 7, 2002, in a speech in Cincinnati.


Exactly what is the "appalling lie" in that above statement?

Please note:
lie
n.
A false statement deliberately presented as being true.



To: PartyTime who wrote (3201)4/12/2006 9:27:07 AM
From: epicure  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 14758
 
I'd agree that Iraq was a scandal, but people who think the war was a Good Thing, would not. Granted, there are fewer and fewer of the "Good Thing" folks, but until the data all comes out, it's hard to assess the scandalworthyness. I tend to think history will come down harshly on this - and you may find this interesting- I happened across it this morning whilst looking for other things:

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Historians vs Bush