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In reply to the discussion: George W. Bush's CIA Briefer: Bush and Cheney Falsely Presented WMD Intelligence to Public [View all]Octafish
(55,745 posts)29. BFEE put MSM on notice: ''The Dangerous Lie That 'Bush Lied'''
Judge Laurence Silberman wrote that even mentioning Bush II lied in regards to Iraq War II is tantamount to the treason that led to the rise of NAZI Germany.
The Dangerous Lie That Bush Lied
Some journalists still peddle this canard as if it were fact. This is defamatory and could end up hurting the country.
By LAURENCE H. SILBERMAN
Wall Street Journal, Opinion, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2015
In recent weeks, I have heard former Associated Press reporter Ron Fournier on Fox News twice asserting, quite offhandedly, that President George W. Bush lied us into war in Iraq.
I found this shocking....
SNIP
The charge is dangerous because it can take on the air of historical factwith potentially dire consequences. I am reminded of a similarly baseless accusation that helped the Nazis come to power in Germany: that the German army had not really lost World War I, that the soldiers instead had been stabbed in the back by politicians.
Sometime in the future, perhaps long after most of us are gone, an American president may need to rely publicly on intelligence reports to support military action. It would be tragic if, at such a critical moment, the presidents credibility were undermined by memories of a false charge peddled by the likes of Ron Fournier.
Mr. Silberman, a senior federal judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, was co-chairman of the Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/laurence-h-silberman-the-dangerous-lie-that-bush-lied-1423437950
There are really only six corporations to control. The rest of the pack doesn't amount to much, but they can be counted to go along.
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George W. Bush's CIA Briefer: Bush and Cheney Falsely Presented WMD Intelligence to Public [View all]
babylonsister
May 2015
OP
The intelligence became flawed after they manipulated it. See "Dodgy Dossier."
yellowcanine
May 2015
#40
I wish that some foreign government would kidnap these bastards and try them for their crimes.
olegramps
May 2015
#42
I'm envisioning a special fundraising evening, aboard a private jet, for an elite group of neocons,
Voice for Peace
May 2015
#87
The Mideast is in flames and worse chaos is probably on the horizon. we need to
tblue37
May 2015
#43
A lot of people don't know Jeb is one of the original members of PNAC....
Spitfire of ATJ
May 2015
#46
For some people, the instinctive competition for status and power that marks our species is
tblue37
May 2015
#45
That Morell is quite the little Eichmann, isn't he? Just making sure the
KingCharlemagne
May 2015
#32
Rumsfield, "We know where they [Iraq's WMD] are. They're in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad ..."
yellowcanine
May 2015
#39
They really believed the Iraq war would be short and sweet, and paid for by Iraq's oil.
Nitram
May 2015
#41
Yeah, pretty sure it is called TREASON. They should be held accountable. nt
mother earth
May 2015
#65
Nice will be the day when we, humanity, send these war criminals to the prisons they created,
Dont call me Shirley
May 2015
#71