Why this sudden push to rewrite history about the Iraq war?

[proud2BlibKansan]

35. I completely disagree with you.

The media was in the tank for war and pushed it nonstop for months leading up to the invasion of Iraq. Phil Donahue tried to talk about why we shouldn't go to war and he was fired. Tim Russert enabled the Bush administration's war agenda every week by having one member of that evil administration after another, every Sunday, tell lie after lie after lie while he never once acted like a real journalist and challenged even the most obvious lies.

Amy Goodman discussed this extensively in a book and gives the numbers of the percentage of pro-war vs no war stories. She is the only reporter to date that I know of who disclosed this appalling figure - somewhere around 98% pro-war.

This is what the American people knew in March of 2003 - Sadaam was bad, Iraq was building nuclear weapons and we needed to be a bully because we were attacked on 9/11.

But, in spite of that, DUers were largely against invading Iraq. I was here the day of shock and awe and the website nearly crashed. I couldn't log on for more than an hour that evening, there was that much traffic. There was nearly overwhelming agreement that invading Iraq was wrong. Yes there were a few pro-war voices but they were GREATLY outnumbered.

Sadly, after wonderful support for Cindy Sheehan beginning in August of 2005, this community turned on her and more voices supported war in Iraq and Afghanistan, but that was 18 months or more after the initial invasion. Perhaps that is what you are remembering.