"We consented to the invasion of Iraq because history told us we could trust our government to tell the truth. We were not naive: the Vietnam war was also launched on a fabrication, but that was an aberration. We would not and did not expect it to be repeated. So we trusted and believed George Bush, Richard Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Condoleezza Rice, and Colin Powell when they spoke to us. They said Saddam Hussein was complicit in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. They said he had terrifying weapons of mass destruction and the means of delivering them to our shores. They said he could soon trigger a nuclear device in our country, killing hundreds of thousands of American people.
None of this was true. It was propaganda, intentionally designed by the White House Iraq Group to mislead the Congress and the American people. That is fraud, and fraud is a crime. Given the magnitude at which it was practiced, and the epic consequences, few would disagree: it is a high crime.
2007-03-20 11:58:39 · 8 answers · asked by andy r 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
We need to impeach Mr. Bush and Mr. Cheney, as Elizabeth de la Vega has written, not as a matter of politics but as a matter law."
http://www.smirkingchimp.com/node/6206
2007-03-20 11:59:27 · update #1
They hi-jack Congress and demanded a yes-vote at 'gun-point'. They made them offers they could not refuse and now they use the vote as 'proof' that Congress agreed that Saddam was a danger.
We were all living in America and heard it all with our own ears. Congress was made to fear what Bush would say about their support for terrorists.
2007-03-20 12:05:39 · answer #1 · answered by nemesis 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Congress approved the invasion of Iraq. That's on them.
It was not fraud in the legal sense of the word, because there is no proof of an intentional lie. And fraud is not always a crime.
The administration asked Congress to authorize the use of military force. Congress did so. That makes the action legal.
2007-03-20 12:06:29 · answer #2 · answered by coragryph 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yeah, I think a Democratic Congress kind of agree with you that the war was BS.....and people say a liberal America is bad? At least America's image was far better under Clinton and not locked into a pointless war under Clinton.
2007-03-20 12:07:48 · answer #3 · answered by Hotwad 980 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't see a question. Yes the government misled us, kept us in the dark, but they do it all the time. Seriously, most of us knew what was happening when we first invaded Iraq, and saw the military laying out pipeline for oil and gas. Now what's your question? God Bless, Martha S.
2007-03-20 12:05:53 · answer #4 · answered by Martha S 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The democrats voted for war also.
Should we impeach them?
Iraq and saddam were dangerous before the war.
2007-03-20 12:01:42 · answer #5 · answered by infobrokernate 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
we did find wmd's in Iraq. 500 mustard gas bombs that could kill 10,000 people each. does that count as mass destruction?
2007-03-20 12:02:56 · answer #6 · answered by maryfairy 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sorry smirking chimp links need not apply.
2007-03-20 12:01:58 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
i agree.... i so agree with you.....
2007-03-20 12:02:39 · answer #8 · answered by dazed n confused 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋