Did no one doubt that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction before the U.S. invasion? Hey, if little old me came to the conclusion that the U.S. was jiggering the data....
More "hindsight" from Bill.
Did no one doubt that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction before the U.S. invasion? Hey, if little old me came to the conclusion that the U.S. was jiggering the data....
More "hindsight" from Bill.
Richard Neuhaus was on the CBC last night with Michael Enright defending his support of the war on Iraq. The astounding chutzpah of conservative commentators! He announced that, before the invasion, there was complete consensus, even among our European allies, that Iraq had or was about to have weapons of mass destruction. Even all those critics of war agreed....
It's as if Hans Blix never even existed. It's as if the United States had to use all of it's power of persuasion to hold back the U.N. from authorizing an invasion so it could check just one more time to see if the rumours were true.
If you believe Neuhaus, a subscription to National Review is awaiting your check, in U.S. dollars.
It's telling-- the only way the conservatives can try to exculpate themselves from the sordid mess that is Iraq is to accomplish one of two things: 1) prove that the idea was good, but George Bush Jr. executed it badly. George Bush, you are no longer my friend. Or, 2), prove that nobody else knew any better at the time. The Democrats did not help matters by largely voting in favor resolutions in favor of the war, even if Bush now says that Congress has no right to say anything about how or when he conducts a war.