The p[roblem with the lies..er...misstatements..

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Originally posted by Torone@Jul 21 2003, 06:48 AM
However, I digress. The fact is, that statement about uranium from Africa is being misquoted and used as if it were the reason we went into Iraq. The vote on Iraq was in October before that speech in January.

First of all, that is not the only misstatement, that is just the first one folks went after....

Secondly, the biggest problem with it is that it calls the credibility into issue, which makes any further adventures (NK, Iran, wherever) a much harder sell....

The next misstatement to be called into issue is:
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CIA Did Not OK White House Claim
Gist Was Hussein Could Launch in 45 Minutes

By Dana Milbank
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, July 20, 2003; Page A01

The White House, in the run-up to war in Iraq, did not seek CIA approval before charging that Saddam Hussein could launch a biological or chemical attack within 45 minutes, administration officials now say.

The claim, which has since been discredited, was made twice by President Bush, in a September Rose Garden appearance after meeting with lawmakers and in a Saturday radio address the same week. Bush attributed the claim to the British government, but in a "Global Message" issued Sept. 26 and still on the White House Web site, the White House claimed, without attribution, that Iraq "could launch a biological or chemical attack 45 minutes after the order is given."