Ah Ha Moments : He's lying through his teeth...

[Laura PourMeADrink]

The first moment I became absolutely sure that Bush was lying about the war,
back in 2003, was while observing his reaction to the failure
of inspectors to find WMD. He sped up. Cheney held secret meetings with
oil barons and a map of Iraq on the wall. A prudent leader would have stepped
back and said, "Wow, maybe I was wrong, I'm not risking human life, if
Saddam really doesn't have any WMD."

The second moment came while observing his reaction to Joe Wilson. He
tried to kill the messenger. A prudent, honest, and sincere person would
have said, "Joe was right, the information we had about Saddam buying
yellowcake was wrong. But in our zeal we were erring on the side
of caution. I will immediately start a study on the ways we can do
better with our intelligence gathering."

Flash forward four years to today. His reaction to the 18 month deadline -
no accommodation; no consideration. Stop and think about how a prudent,
sincere, and honest leader might react. I envision one going to Congress
and saying, "We are trying to do everything we can to stabilize the country.
The generals, envoys, and I will do everything in our power to get this job
done within 18 months. We will keep you informed of all progress, and let
you know immediately if we can not meet that deadline."

The unfortunate realization is that he has no intention whatsoever to end
this - hence the vague objectives, the lack of progress reporting, the
huge embassy, the permanent bases, the unwillingness to even speak about a
future moment when it can be over.

He lied to get us in and he's lying to keep us in.

[mike_c]

1. he's a war pretzeldent...

...doncha' know?

[DCKit]

2. Uh, the seven permanent bases we've built/are building

Might have been a clue too. They have no intention of ever walking away from that oil.

[Robbien]

3. Aw come on, the Pet Goat story didn't cement it for you?

True, your stories have merit

but the cluestick was used way before then.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

6. pet goat story showed me he was a friggin idiot not a liar. nt

[shanti]

4. yes, and he doesn't care what we think

and has said as much, his one moment of honesty.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

5. how very true !

[Booster]

7. He lies almost all of the time, but the one time he told the truth

was when he said it will be up to the next president to end this war. He also said he was going to run the country like a business, and we all know how well he did in the business world - run a company into the ground and then bail out with the help of Poppy's friends. The man has been a failure at everything he ever tried, and this country thought he'd make a great president. Joke's on us.