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October 30, 2005

Doing the Dishes, Taking Out the Trash

Posted by Bill

ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE NOTICED in the Judy Miller / Scooter Libby coverage is the development of a new history that's very convenient for a lot of the people peddling it. The new story is that:
1. We only went to war because of WMDs -- that was the only reason ever given.

2. Bush lied about those.

3. He told his lies to Judy Miller, who acted like a stenographer and reported them.

4. Everyone else gullibly went along.

There are lots of problems with this, beginning with the fact that it's not true. I've addressed much of this -- especially parts 1 & 2 -- in earlier posts like this one, this one, and especially this one. It gets tiresome having to repeat this stuff, but the new history, despite it's falsity, is just too convenient for too many people to be stopped by anything as simple as the truth.

Yep. Distortion through frame of reference, and all. How quickly some of us forget ... or dissemble during evasion of honest discourse.

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Bill, thanks for summarizing things so well. I get confused a lot - I'm old - so your four simple points are good for me. :0

Posted by: Becker at October 30, 2005 09:26 PM

I believe that you need to thank Reynolds.

Posted by: Bill from INDC at October 30, 2005 10:00 PM

maybe i'm a dummy, but i did think (at the time) we went to war because of WMDs. other reasons were mentioned, of course, but they were more like side-benefits. avoiding terrorist attacks on the U.S., just seemed, um, like, real important.

Posted by: milowent at October 31, 2005 09:35 AM

Bill, thanks for summarizing things so well. I get confused a lot - I'm old - so your four simple points are good for me. :0
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