thinkprogress.org — In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, President Bush acknowledged that as early as “September/October” 2006, he realized a major change was needed in Iraq. But even after Bush realized that a major change was needed, he continued to knowingly mislead the American public and claim U.S. was “winning” and that the strategy was “working."
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kencyberFeb 1, 2007
I think the president's motto must be:"Fake it until you make it!"Forget about being the primary decision maker, I think we should name him the primary deceiver.
dustyshadowFeb 1, 2007
agreed, marked as inaccurate
otheruserFeb 1, 2007
Hah, how naive...Do you honestly believe President Bush thought we were winning in Iraq?OrWas he falsely reassuring (aka LYING) Americans so he could stitch together an alternate plan (the one we're seeing now)?I think the latter is more feasible, don't you?
phairphairFeb 1, 2007
News Flash:All politicians lie constantly. Some are better at not getting caught than others.All past presidents have lied publicly about their personal views of a war at any specific moment. It's impossible to get to that level in politics without lying.You're missing the point about Bush. He's not a liar, he's an idealogue. He really, truly believes what he's saying even when it's so obviously ridiculous or wrong. Typical of a religious fundamentalist. They see the world in black or white, right or wrong. Good or Evil.That's even more dangerous.
hambendFeb 1, 2007
Many in the Bush administration, including the entire of PNAC, are avid subscribers to Straussian politics. Central to the philosophy of Leo Strauss was the idea of the "Noble Lie", where the leaders of a nation must lie to the public for their own good, essentially because they are not strong-minded enough to understand the grand policies and goals of government.<a class="user" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Strauss">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Strauss</a>Needless to say, this is a total perversion of the democratic process, where government must be completely open to public scrutiny and the nation's constituents must at all times be as well-informed as possible in order to make the best choice of representatives. This kind of behavior must be met with absolute zero tolerance in any free country. As it stands, the complacency of the American people in the face of this kind of corruption sends a clear signal to politicians that they are free to operate on their own terms, with only the barest lip-service justifications to the masses.
elebrioFeb 1, 2007
Sammy Sosa is now playing in the minor leagues for next to nothing.
phairphairFeb 1, 2007
I consider myself to be fairly conservative or libertarian about most things, but what scares me the most are religious zealots. Forming national policy on the basis of a faith i.e. unverifiable beliefs, is not a good thing. Digg is undoubtedly mostly populated by young immature liberals who haven't lived with any kind of real responsibility in the real world, but I would take their worldview over an Evangelistic Christian.In the next election I won't be voting for the Dems, I'll be voting against the Republicans that have been corrupted by the Religious Right (Who, historically, have had nothing to do with Republican beliefs).
phluxFeb 2, 2007
And yet we sit as if hands tiedeven with the truth he liedwhen will we all stand reclaim our freedom and our land.how much more to finally pushour spirits to remove heir bush.