Book says White House ordered forgery

[greenpartyaz]

Book says White House ordered forgery - Mike Allen - Politico.com

 

[JZcrayZ]

Wouldn't be the first time a President lied and went to great lengths to make his lie seem credible. Paging LBJ!

 

[editec]

Now we cannot know if this charge is true.

All we can know is that the CIA is in the business of misinforming when it needs to.

As to whether the White House trusted the CIA enough to work with them on this?

Maybe, but frankly I'd be surprised.

 

[RetiredGySgt]

Yup anyone now days can write anything they want about Bush and it will sell, Facts? Who needs those? Proof? Why the absence of proof is all we need to know it is true.

 

[Orange_Juice]

Yup anyone now days can write anything they want about Bush and it will sell, Facts? Who needs those? Proof? Why the absence of proof is all we need to know it is true.

Ya, where are the Weapons of Mass Destruction?

 

[Chris]

Yup anyone now days can write anything they want about Bush and it will sell, Facts? Who needs those? Proof? Why the absence of proof is all we need to know it is true.

No need to make up stuff about Bush.

The truth is a nightmare.

 

[JZcrayZ]

No need to make up stuff about Bush.

The truth is a nightmare.

Word up.

 

[Jeepers]

Yup anyone now days can write anything they want about Bush and it will sell, Facts? Who needs those? Proof? Why the absence of proof is all we need to know it is true.

I thought the same thing as well.. this is why he tapped most of his interviews.

 

[Lode]

Can't we just polygraph all these guys?

I think executive privilege has been grossly overused by the white house time and time again. While I'm not sure of the contents of the book Suskind's book, It certainly doesn't seem like that much of a strech.

If it turns out to be true a war crimes tribunal should be set up.

 

[RetiredGySgt]

Can't we just polygraph all these guys?

I think executive privilege has been grossly overused by the white house time and time again. While I'm not sure of the contents of the book Suskind's book, It certainly doesn't seem like that much of a strech.

If it turns out to be true a war crimes tribunal should be set up.

Sure just as soon as we polygraph all the Clinton aides and Clinton for supposed crimes while he was President.

 

[wihosa]

Pulitzer Prize winning author Ron Suskind has two independent sources for this story on tape, even though now they are denying the story, clearly some one "got to them".

Also Olberman had the video of a British reporter covering this letter (or one exactly like it) on one of the American networks.

 

[jreeves]

Book says White House ordered forgery - Mike Allen - Politico.com

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5p-qIq32m8&feature=related]YouTube - Democrats before Iraq War started....[/ame]

 

[wihosa]

YouTube - Democrats before Iraq War started....

What's that supposed to prove?

 

[jreeves]

What's that supposed to prove?

That the democrats must have misled the country too....

 

[wihosa]

Hate to break it to you but it was Bush who controlled all the info leadin up to the invasion and it was Bush who misused, misinterpreted, and lied about what it said.

While it is true that President Clinton and his Administration gave warnings about Hussein, never once did they advocate invasion and occupation of a Muslim country.

Big difference

 

[jreeves]

Hate to break it to you but it was Bush who controlled all the info leadin up to the invasion and it was Bush who misused, misinterpreted, and lied about what it said.

While it is true that President Clinton and his Administration gave warnings about Hussein, never once did they advocate invasion and occupation of a Muslim country.

Big difference

Really...
Iraq Liberation Act - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Iraq Liberation Act of 1998 (Public Law 105-338) [1] (codified in a note to 22 USCS § 2151) is a United States Congressional statement of policy calling for regime change in Iraq; it was signed into law by President Bill Clinton.[edit] Precursor to war

President George W. Bush has often referred to the Act and its findings to argue that the Clinton Administration supported regime change in Iraq and further that it believed that Iraq was developing weapons of mass destruction. The Act was cited as a basis of support in the Congressional Authorization for use of Military Force Against Iraq in October 2002 (Public Law 107–243—OCT. 16, 2002) [4].

 

[Article 15]

Really...
Iraq Liberation Act - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Iraq Liberation Act of 1998 (Public Law 105-338) [1] (codified in a note to 22 USCS § 2151) is a United States Congressional statement of policy calling for regime change in Iraq; it was signed into law by President Bill Clinton.[edit] Precursor to war

President George W. Bush has often referred to the Act and its findings to argue that the Clinton Administration supported regime change in Iraq and further that it believed that Iraq was developing weapons of mass destruction. The Act was cited as a basis of support in the Congressional Authorization for use of Military Force Against Iraq in October 2002 (Public Law 107–243—OCT. 16, 2002) [4].

So?

The poster said this:

Hate to break it to you but it was Bush who controlled all the info leadin up to the invasion and it was Bush who misused, misinterpreted, and lied about what it said.

While it is true that President Clinton and his Administration gave warnings about Hussein, never once did they advocate invasion and occupation of a Muslim country.

Big difference

Where specifically does the ILA call for the invasion and occupation of Iraq or any Muslim country?

 

[Article 15]

Sure just as soon as we polygraph all the Clinton aides and Clinton for supposed crimes while he was President.

I'll take that trade any day ...

 

[jreeves]

So?

The poster said this:



Where specifically does the ILA call for the invasion and occupation of Iraq or any Muslim country?

Iraq Liberation Act - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
President Clinton stated in February of 1998:

Iraq admitted, among other things, an offensive biological warfare capability, notably, 5,000 gallons of botulinum, which causes botulism; 2,000 gallons of anthrax; 25 biological-filled Scud warheads; and 157 aerial bombs. And I might say UNSCOM inspectors believe that Iraq has actually greatly understated its production.... Over the past few months, as [the weapons inspectors] have come closer and closer to rooting out Iraq's remaining nuclear capacity, Saddam has undertaken yet another gambit to thwart their ambitions by imposing debilitating conditions on the inspectors and declaring key sites which have still not been inspected off limits.... It is obvious that there is an attempt here, based on the whole history of this operation since 1991, to protect whatever remains of his capacity to produce weapons of mass destruction, the missiles to deliver them, and the feed stocks necessary to produce them. The UNSCOM inspectors believe that Iraq still has stockpiles of chemical and biological munitions, a small force of Scud-type missiles, and the capacity to restart quickly its production program and build many, many more weapons.... Now, let's imagine the future. What if he fails to comply and we fail to act, or we take some ambiguous third route, which gives him yet more opportunities to develop this program of weapons of mass destruction and continue to press for the release of the sanctions and continue to ignore the solemn commitments that he made? Well, he will conclude that the international community has lost its will. He will then conclude that he can go right on and do more to rebuild an arsenal of devastating destruction. And some day, some way, I guarantee you he'll use the arsenal.... President Clinton ~ 1998 [1]

 

[Article 15]

Iraq Liberation Act - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
President Clinton stated in February of 1998:

Iraq admitted, among other things, an offensive biological warfare capability, notably, 5,000 gallons of botulinum, which causes botulism; 2,000 gallons of anthrax; 25 biological-filled Scud warheads; and 157 aerial bombs. And I might say UNSCOM inspectors believe that Iraq has actually greatly understated its production.... Over the past few months, as [the weapons inspectors] have come closer and closer to rooting out Iraq's remaining nuclear capacity, Saddam has undertaken yet another gambit to thwart their ambitions by imposing debilitating conditions on the inspectors and declaring key sites which have still not been inspected off limits.... It is obvious that there is an attempt here, based on the whole history of this operation since 1991, to protect whatever remains of his capacity to produce weapons of mass destruction, the missiles to deliver them, and the feed stocks necessary to produce them. The UNSCOM inspectors believe that Iraq still has stockpiles of chemical and biological munitions, a small force of Scud-type missiles, and the capacity to restart quickly its production program and build many, many more weapons.... Now, let's imagine the future. What if he fails to comply and we fail to act, or we take some ambiguous third route, which gives him yet more opportunities to develop this program of weapons of mass destruction and continue to press for the release of the sanctions and continue to ignore the solemn commitments that he made? Well, he will conclude that the international community has lost its will. He will then conclude that he can go right on and do more to rebuild an arsenal of devastating destruction. And some day, some way, I guarantee you he'll use the arsenal.... President Clinton ~ 1998 [1]

You can't be serious ...

How many lines are you trying to read between to get an advocacy for invading and occupying Iraq with that half-statement in bold text?