President Pinocchio is at it again.....

[marmar]

from ThinkProgress:



Bush Falsely Claims Iran ‘Declared’ It Wants A Nuclear Weapon ‘To Destroy People’»


During a recent interview with Radio Farda, a U.S. government-run radio service that broadcasts into Iran in the Farsi language, President Bush falsely claimed that Iran “declared they want to have a nuclear weapon to destroy people.”

However, the the U.S. intelligence community disagrees. A National Intelligence Estimate on Iran released last December stated unequivocally that Iran had halted its nuclear weapons program in 2003. But also, Iran has never “declared” its intention to acquire nuclear weapons and in fact, it has publicly stated the opposite:

–”Iran has repeatedly denied seeking nuclear warheads, and its supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, issued a religious edict in 2005 forbidding the production, stockpiling and use of such weapons.”

–Iran expert and former Bush administration official Suzanne Maloney: “The Iranian government is on the record across the board as saying it does not want a nuclear weapon.”

–Non-proliferation expert Joe Cirincione: “Iran has never said it wanted a nuclear weapon for any reason. It’s just not true.“

The experts added that Bush’s claim is “troubling,” “as uninformed as McCain’s (R-AZ) statement that Iran is training al-Qaeda” and “only produces” such rhetoric from Iran.

White House spokesman Gordon Johndroe stretched to explain Bush’s gaffe, saying “the president shorthanded” Iranian President Ahmadinejad’s desire “to wipe Israel off the map.” Asked about Iranian leaders’ potential to exploit Bush’s false claim for political purposes, Johndroe said “I’m not concerned about that. If they want to spin it a certain way, they can do it any way they want.”

Indeed, Bush’s “shorthand” with the facts in the run up to the Iraq war is exactly what led to the “most dangerous” foreign-policy blunder since Vietnam.


http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/21/bush-shorthanded-iran/

[grannylib]

1. Well what else can we expect? Fearmongering, lies and smear

tactics are all the Pukes have, after all...they can't "win" anything without theft and fraud...they're just empty, hollow little megalomaniacs.

[opihimoimoi]

4. EVIL Bastids too... I might add.

[grannylib]

6. Oops, forgot EVIL Bastids, you're so right! *lol*

And corrupt, and criminal, and on and on and on.

[opihimoimoi]

2. Among other things like Credibility and Sanity...Bush has thrown TRUTH UNDER the BUS

K&R

[libodem]

3. I can't say anything

that wouldn't get this site looked at by an alphabet agency and a knock on my door to haul me off to the clink. I wish him the worst.

[marmar]

5. I think I catch your meaning.....

n/t

[Jim__]

7. He's probably just repeating something that someone told him.

Sort of like your average 12 year old.

[old guy]

8. Unless and until this information is reported and repeated on

the corporate media outlets, day after day, it means very little. The majority of Americans will never know these reports exist so the administration can keep on lying with impunity. I wish I knew how this will ever change.

[marmar]

9. Very true.

n/t

[Wizard777]

10. So Bush's lips were moving again. At some point in time Bush lying ceased to be news.

It's now the Status Quo. When Bush, if that's even his real name, tells the truth about something - anything. THAT will be news. The headlines will boldly exclaim. Bush FINALLY tells the truth!

But then again every time Bush tells the truth. They call it a gaffe. Like when he said, The terrorists never stop trying to think of new ways to harm America and neither do we. That was Bush actually telling the Gods honest truth. Everyone called it a gaffe. No wonder he never tells the truth. The egomaniac never gets credit for telling the truth when he does.

[Wizard777]

11. If we could only hold Bush accountable for what he says.

Like some people want to hold Obama accountable for what his preacher said. This Obama Preacher thing seems pretty damn silly when you put into context with reality. Never mind what his preacher said. When Obama is President he won't be accountable for what HE says.