Bush and Cheney

by moonwolf | June 5, 2008 at 01:36 pm | 99 views | add comment | 0 recommendations

Speculation about whether George W. Bush and Dick Cheney actually lied to bring about public and Congressional support for the fateful invasion of Iraq has swirled around Washington and the blogosphere since shortly after the attack began. The Senate Select Committee report released today confirms that indeed these two men, holding the highest offices in the USA, fabricated stories and lied to US citizens via a compliant mainstream media thus embroiling the country in the illegal, immoral, and expensive invasion and occupation in Iraq. This inexcusable misuse of their offices is exactly what the Fathers of the Union meant by the term "High Crimes and Misdemeanors" described in the Impeachment provisions of the US Constitution.

A long-awaited Senate Select Intelligence Committee report made public Thursday concludes that President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney made public statements to promote an invasion of Iraq that they knew at the time were not supported by available intelligence.

A companion report found that a special office set up by then Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld undertook "sensitive intelligence activities" that were inappropriate "without the knowledge of the Intelligence Community or the State Department."

“Before taking the country to war, this administration owed it to the American people to give them a 100 percent accurate picture of the threat we faced. Unfortunately, our Committee has concluded that the administration made significant claims that were not supported by the intelligence,” said committee Chairman John D. Rockefeller IV, D- W. Va.

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