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05/08/2003 Archived Entry: "Buchanan: 'Where are they, Mr. President?'"
Buchanan: 'Where are they, Mr. President?'
I rarely agree with Buchanan on anything - but he had me nodding my head in agreement with this column:
If our occupation of Iraq turns sour and U.S. troops are being shot in the back, a year from now, Americans are going to demand to know. And President Bush could face the charge thrown up in the face of FDR by Clare Boothe Luce, that he "lied us into war." Both the president and Powell are honorable men. If they misled us, surely it is because they themselves were misled. It is impossible to believe either man would deliberately state as fact what he knew to be false. But the president must find these weapons – or find the men who told him, with such certitude, that Iraq had them.
For there is something strange here. If Saddam had these weapons, why did he not surrender them to save himself? If he did not give them up because he intended to use them on us, why did he not use them on us? And if they were destroyed before the war, why did he not simply show us where, and thereby save himself, his family and his regime?
Last fall, Congress abdicated, surrendered its war-making power to a president who demanded that Congress yield it up. If Congress wishes to redeem itself, it should unearth the truth about why we went to war. Was the official explanation the truth, or was it political cover for an American imperial war?
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Wow. It's a scary day when you have to nod your head in agreement with Buchanan. But he's dead on.
Posted by Jason @ 05/08/2003 11:53 AM NY
What's really scary is the fact that compared to a lot of the right wing columnists and commentators on the air today, Buchanon is almost open minded and rational. Remember the good ol days? When Pat Buchanon was as crazy and right wing biased as it got?
Posted by J_Ope @ 05/08/2003 04:31 PM NY
Except that line about the pResident and Powell being "honorable men." That's a great big lump of dog shit.
If they misled us, it was for political and monetary gain, not because they were misled. They tried to fit the intelligence to the policy rahter than fashioning a policy out of the intelligence. Hoepfully now they will have to pay the price (but I doubt it.)
Posted by madprophet @ 05/09/2003 03:57 AM NY
