Dick Cheney was on the news today saying that bin Laden has "always been high priority" after 9/11. However, a couple of years ago Bush claimed that he considered bin Laden to be low priority, to be powerless and not a real concern. He said he didn't know or care where he was.
Did Cheney lie, now that bin Laden is making new threats?
or
did Cheney lie, now that an election is coming up?
or
was Bush just trying to calm us down before?
or
I don't know, other
2006-09-11 10:30:03 · 8 answers · asked by Aleksandr 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
I'm not trying to argue that it SHOULD be specifically a high priority or a low priority, I am alluding to the fact that they are deliberately using it to toy with the voters. All they could come up with against Kerry is "flip-flopping", and he did it (supposedly) because he believed Bush's WMD lies anyway
2006-09-11 10:48:13 · update #1
Their mouths moved - therefore they lied.
2006-09-11 10:31:46 · answer #1 · answered by oohhbother 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I don't know the context of his saying it...if he did...but consider this context:
Killing or capturing Hitler, Tojo, and Mussolini was a low priority during WWII.
Killing or capturing Ho Chi Minh was a low priority during the Viet Nam War.
Killing or capturing the Soviet Premiers during the Cold War was a low priority.
Killing or capturing Saddam during the Gulf War was a low priority.
In all cases, the U.S. Presidents knew them to be dangerous and a threat.
I'd like to learn more about your expertise in prosecuting a war...or is simply alluding to another's incompetence your only trump card?
2006-09-11 17:43:10 · answer #2 · answered by 4999_Basque 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
All of the above!!!!! I did see that news conference where Bush did say that bin Laden was a low priority.
2006-09-11 17:32:25 · answer #3 · answered by shirley e 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Why haven't more Americans figured out that this whole thing is just a big bunch of B.S. they're trying to feed us? It's all a part of the Illuminati conspiracy to set up their New World Order fascist police state.
2006-09-11 17:46:07 · answer #4 · answered by oceansoflight777 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cheney always lies. Bush just didn't get the info. They are an administration built on lies.
2006-09-11 17:37:39 · answer #5 · answered by Tommy D 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Cheney AND Bush are just two of the biggest liars in the government. I have no trust in those two at all.
2006-09-11 17:36:51 · answer #6 · answered by THE LONER 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
If you have ever actually had a job with any responsibility, you'd know that priorities change. "High" priority is sometimes lower than "Priority One". It is simply semantics. Everything becomes lower priority when something else looms.
2006-09-11 17:37:53 · answer #7 · answered by jooker 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
he loves the guy!
2006-09-11 17:35:31 · answer #8 · answered by lisette 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋