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Originally Posted by aceventura3
... I always thought Bush overstated his case for war and used hyperbole.
I would not call what was said "lies". But, I generally don't trust people and assume everything is an exaggeration or untrue until I have collaborating evidence. The people who make their decision to support or vote for war based on speeches, especially those in Congress, are pretty f.....g s....d in my opinion. But thats just me.
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Semantics.....call it overstating the case, hyberole, false statements, lies, misrepresenting and/or cherrypicking the intel.....whats the difference.
Bush/Cheney initiated the call to war, played on post 9/11 fears, and committed young men and women to put their lives on the line when there was no direct threat to the US...based on an ideological agenda rather than hard facts and the complete intel from US and other sources.
Some Democrats (not a majority in either the House or Senate if I recall) are complicit for their role in not insisting on access to all the intel before voting on the Iraq resolution....but, ace, as you said elsewhere....the buck stops at Bush's desk.