Why Would You Jump To The Conclusion That Bush Didn't Lie?

Question

After all, Bush:

-wanted to invade Iraq.
-claimed he knew Iraq had WMD, but never provided any hard evidence.
-ordered the inspectors to leave before they could prove Iraq didn't have WMD.
-and there aren't any WMD in Iraq!

Sounds like an ironclad case to me.

He's not on trial, sociald. Yet.

For those demanding sources - is there any serious doubt of anything I said?

We know the neocons were pressing for regime change since 1998.
We know Bush said he KNEW Saddam had WMD.
We know Blix found nothing and told us Saddam was cooperating.
We know Bush told him to leave because the bombing was about to stop.
And we know that the search for WMD came up with nothing.

Lisa, if you understand that they lied about 9/11, why doubt that they lied about WMD?

Answer 1

The intelligence presented to Bush was also presented to congress and even most Democrats also believed there were WMD's, so President Bush didn't lie, he just had faulty information.

Wow...guerrilla news network...what a good source!!!

Answer 2

Oh boy, someone looking for an argument.

- Don't know that he ever denied wanting to invade Iraq.
- The WMD evidence provided was through the CIA and FBI, he openly shared this evidence with congress (including democrats). Don't forget, most everyone in Congress voted yes on this war.
- Are you serious about the inspectors? They were under UN not US governance and he had zero ability to order them out. The IRAQI's continuously opposed inspection and did not allow access to those sites which were of highest concern for WMD production. Don't forget - Suddam killed tens of thousands of people in the previous decade. Personally, the stop of this genocide was reason enough to invade.
- WMD were not found at the levels that intelligence suggested, but chemical weapons were indeed found. No one really likes to talk about that fact.

Not so ironclad.

Answer 3

Leave the WMD out of this, Saddam could have hidden them. BUT, it made NO sense to bomb Iraq when we have no proof that anyone from that country had any link to 9/11!!! There was a lot that just didn't add up here. Time to bring our soldiers back home.

Answer 4

I am not trying to play with symantics, but lying entails you KNEW the facts but told a falsehood. This might sound silly, but I think he didn't want to know the truth. (Like when you are a kid and plug your ears up singing out loud to not hear what you don't want to hear) Instead, he told his advisors to find evidence that supported his administrations view and he just didn't want to know more indepth the whole truth. That way, he could always legitimately say "Oh, I didn't know". Even so, that doesn't negate the fact that Bush SHOULD have had the intellectual curiosity to learn everything he could have learned before making his decision. He didn't.

Answer 5

Remember, Bush is a republican. Republicans look after themselves and eachother when convenient. They are for keeping the rich richer, and could care less about America or the poor and oppressed.

Proof -- heres Bush's vietnam "deployment".
When it was time for him to show his patriotism on the front lines -- the same patriotism he uses as a tool leading our men and women today that he didnt have the stomach for
http://www.realchange.org/bushjr.htm#vietnam
He got out of everything!!! Because he was a spoiled little rich kid.

Lets add The all too well known drunk driving record that our current attorney general helped him keep hidden before his jury duty.

You look at this presidents past --- and you see a rich kid screw up with no loyalty to anyone but himself.

Before this administration we had a balanced budget.
and would have had 5 trillion surplus budget at this point.
Yet because of this incompetance we are 3 trillion in deficit, with interest payments for our loans as the 3rd largest line item on our budget currently.

And when it came time to keep america safe, before 9/11 and sudan offered Bin Laden to us.
What did this administration do? Nothing?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUZDG84Fae4&mode=related&search=

What about this administration taking advantage of the intel left that posed bin laden as an emminent threat planning to use airplanes as a missile.
First Rice denies it -- then says she worked it up her chain of command.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76X0Yh0jUe4&mode=related&search=

Lets face it. This war shouldnt have been fought in IRAQ. Proof shows intel was falsified.

Republicans were in control of investigations after 9/11, if not, we could have gotten down to who really was behind it.
Because the only one that has benefited from 9/11 has been anyone associated with Bush administration.

And I wouldnt put it past someone who weezles out of a true vietnam deployment, or works hard to cover up a drunk driving citation to go ahead and help something like 9/11 happen.
Especially with the way hes continued, fired how many generals who oppose his stay the course, and everything else thats now being uncovered.

Republicans -- the worst people in the world.

Answer 6

It is not a jump; it is a conclusion based on facts. The facts are these: Iraq was known to have WMD -- it used them. It was required to dispose of them in an accountable manner; it did not do so. QED. So, what happened to the weapons? Read:

Answer 7

The BIG LIE perpetrated by Bush etc. was that Iraq was an "imminent threat" to the US -- they lead people to believe he had nukes and the capability to deliver them to the US. We saw how much of a threat Iraq was when their Army crumbled in 30 days.

Answer 8

George Bush rules he is serious hes doing his best and hes a great man who tries to do the right thing i dont see why u have to be busting his balls for no reason i dont support the war that much cause my bros in military but both me and him agree hes better than kerry and were not leaving till the job is done

Answer 9

What are you smoking? And why did you jump to those conclusions? the Wmds are buried in the sand! You may see them some day!

Answer 10

Apparently Bush told his biographer in 1999 when he decided to run for president that he wanted to invade Iraq so he would be a popular wartime president. That sure worked!

http://www.gnn.tv/articles/article.php?id=761