Shokka!!!

Bush lied - people died!!! I'm stunned, stunned I tell you - to hear this news.

Oh wait - no I'm not. I meant to say I'm stunned this is in the news. So rather than write something new on this, I'll check the archives and see if anything needs updated...

April, 2003:

Saddam Hussein is a weapon of mass destruction. Okay? But only as the head of a government... Iraq could manufacture WMD. We know this. Suppose they stopped for a while and destroyed all their stores. What stops them from rebuilding their supply? Their fundamental goodness and decency? Their burning desire to be a part of the world community? Their love of all mankind? We've certainly seen all that demonstrated this past week.

Perhaps there's a certain percentage of the American population that had to have the fear of their own death via a nuclear, biological, or chemical attack made clear to them before they would give their personal approval to sending someone else's kids off to defend them in a war. I'm almost willing to believe such people exist, and that those same people are outraged because that old tricksy Bush pulled a fast one on them, and they now feel betrayed that their fervent support of the invasion of Iraq was built on a foundation of deception (or "fiction" as the Times would say). If so, let me assure any of those same gullible folks who may read this: Almost was the key word in the above sentence. I don't believe you exist. Fooled you though, didn't I? See, you're too easy.

The Real True History of the War in Iraq

Even though it only happened a few months ago a lot of folks are already forgetting and denying the real true history of the war in Iraq. Thus, as a service to our readers, The Mudville Gazette presents excerpts from my upcoming book, The Real True History of the Iraq War before all that forgetting and denying gets any worse. The book will be academic yet accessible - and the first balanced, non-partisan look at the reality of Bushitler Chimpymonkey's neocon oil war for Cheney's Haliburton cronies ever.

Chapter One: Before the Beginning

February 2003: The tension built to a fever pitch. American opinion was evenly split for and against war in Iraq. But after the president's unforgettable State of the Union Address in which he revealed that Saddam Hussein posed an imminent threat to attack America with "nuculer" missiles and that the Iraqi dictator had actually piloted one of the suicide aircraft on 9/11, previously undecided Americans took to the streets by the hundreds of thousands, demanding an immediate invasion of Iraq, a nation previously best known for being the Garden of Eden.

For those who claim they were deceived into supporting the war because "Bush lied": Are you frequently so deceived? Do you consider yourself a generally gullible person? Are you certain? How can you be sure someone's not misleading you now? In short, why should I trust your current position, if you demonstrably lack good judgment?
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If you weren't deceived before the war, can you offer an example of someone who was? Someone specific, not a group or a hypothetical person. And can we ask them the same questions?
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And if you were indeed deceived about the whole WMD/personal threat against you issue, why didn't you join [the military]? Are there any circumstances in which you would join the military?

A lot of congressional leaders (and other Americans) are insisting they were completely and totally duped by pre-war claims of WMDs in Iraq. I'm always curious as to why these self-professed "easy marks" are considered worth listening to when they announce their latest epiphanies.