Posted by
Emmmjay on Tuesday, October 16, 2007 6:51:14 AM
I take a local paper because it is the only one that is delivered before 5 AM. Yesterday morning (the 15th of Oct.) there was an editorial rejoicing in Gore's Nobel. Most of it was the expected puff piece but the last two paragraphs took the cake.
Quotes from the next-to-last paragraph:
"the administration invented the case of WMDs in Iraq"
"Bush's 2004 campaign supporters invented the image of John Kerry--a decorated Vietnam veteran--as a coward"
"as recently as last month, ...the administration used a few minor successes
in Iraq to justify the military buildup..."
the italics are mine, obviously.
I sent them an email regretting that the author had the facts wrong.
Clinton believed Iraq had WMDs, Kennedy and Pelosi believed Iraq had WMDs, Congress as a whole believed Iraq had WMDs , our intelligence services and Britain's intelligence services believed Iraq had WMDs but according to this writer, Bush's administration invented it.
The "campaign supporters" were, of course the Vietnam vets who served with or at the same time as Kerry and exposed his phoniness, but I don't ever remember anyone calling him a coward. (The decorations were 3 Purple Hearts received in a surprisingly short time, two at least for scratches, which gave Kerry the right to ask to GO HOME.
The "few minor successes" mentioned turned out to be a reduction in military and civilian deaths and a regaining of control of a large part of Iraq.
And before the day was over yesterday, the day this editorial was published, there was great news from Iraq that Al Quaeda (sp?) was pretty much out of the picture. But the main stream media was ignoring the fact!
I rest my case.