Study: False Statements Preceded War

Study: False Statements Preceded War


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Jan 22, 9:17 PM (ET)

WASHINGTON (AP) - A study by two nonprofit journalism organizations found that President Bush and top administration officials issued hundreds of false statements about the national security threat from Iraq in the two years following the 2001 terrorist attacks.

The study concluded that the statements "were part of an orchestrated campaign that effectively galvanized public opinion and, in the process, led the nation to war under decidedly false pretenses."

The study was posted Tuesday on the Web site of the Center for Public Integrity, which worked with the Fund for Independence in Journalism. White House spokesman Scott Stanzel said he could not comment on the study because he had not seen it.

The study counted 935 false statements in the two-year period. It found that in speeches, briefings, interviews and other venues, Bush and administration officials stated unequivocally on at least 532 occasions that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction or was trying to produce or obtain them or had links to al-Qaida or both.

"It is now beyond dispute that Iraq did not possess any weapons of mass destruction or have meaningful ties to al-Qaida," according to Charles Lewis and Mark Reading-Smith of the Fund for Independence in Journalism staff members, writing an overview of the study. "In short, the Bush administration led the nation to war on the basis of erroneous information that it methodically propagated and that culminated in military action against Iraq on March 19, 2003."

http://apnews.myway.com//article/20080123/D8UBA8Q80.html

needs a new moderator. MSM is defunct and complicit in our downfall.

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The Bush Regime could not exist without lies.

unelected, illegitimate pResident. The squatter on Pennsylvania Avenue

sheesh

"basis of erroneous information that it methodically propagated"

See now, my momma woulda just said I was making shit up and then was spreading it around

'and so, mr. speaker, I'd like to say to the lying motherfuckers and treasonous bastards on the other side of the aisle....."

That's the only reason I keep watching.. hoping to see it when it happens.. piss on decorum, start calling the bastards what they are... liars and traitors!

to be ignored by Nancy "impeachment is off the table" Pelosi and Harry "we don't have the votes" Reid.

that's what we get from Pelosi & Reid...

n/t

:sarcasm:

n/t

Our sons and daughters in uniform -- and thousands of innocent Iraq men, women, and children -- are ding because of these republicon lies.

lying and cowardice....

LOVE the cartoon!

It was to them a lie for a good cause. They wanted saddam dead and if they had to swallow a few whoppers that was alright. After all if everyone loved war as much as they, there would be no reason to lie. Simple revenge is good enough reason for them. Not to mention the money.

Then again, you already mentioned the conservatives.

We've been reading about the lies since day one. This would have been an unbelievable revelation if it had come out a few years ago. Now it's so obvious that I don't think anyone cares.

judging by the responses, or lack of, to this post...

will introduce impeachment articles against Bush :)

:kick: