Buzzflash Editorial: The Banality of Lying (must read)

You could best compare the Bush Cartel’s defensive posture on the uranium story to a live fish tossed into a slow-heated frying pan. The Bush Cartel lies so frequently -- and with such impunity -- that it appears surprisingly inept at actually having to defend a lie. Its members just aren't used to being challenged.

Forgive BuzzFlash if we appear skeptical about the long-term impact of the phony Niger Uranium document "revelations." After all, it's just one in a very long list of distortions, half-truths and lies that the Bush Cartel used to mislead the citizens of this nation into a war in which our soldiers are still dying. And the Bush administration is still trying to con us on the Iraq post-war war.

Tenet's most recent reported confession that a White House official insisted on the 16-word statement being included in the State of the Union speech will add fuel to the fire, but without Bush and Cheney being forced to testify under oath, more scapegoats will be found and tossed overboard, allowing the S.S. Bush to stay afloat.

Indeed, if we continue to focus solely on the infamous 16 words, Bush's credibility will be measured on the basis of one act of deceit. But this administration lies MORE than it tells the truth. Emphasizing the forged uranium document alone is a bit like arresting the head of a drug cartel for smoking a joint. Sure, you got him, but what about all the other crimes?

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http://www.buzzflash.com/editorial/03/07/18.html

More like arresting Jeffrey Dahmer for running a restaurant without a license.

We should see the Niger document as emblematic of the Bush wars, not as an isolated event. The Niger document was a forgery, yet the Bushies considered the information good and used it. This is not because they are fools, but because they are liars. Information is good as long as it can be made use of for public relations and marketing, not whether or not it is indeed a solid fact.

The Niger document is a fake. Consequently, it is useless for determining whether or not Saddam has "reconstituted" his nuclear weapons program. There is no convincing evidence that he had. Likewise, there is nothing to suggest that Saddam had a vast biochemical arsenal and quite a bit to suggest that he did not.