A Few Little White Lies Never Hurt Anyone...

A politician lying isn’t really news anymore. We accept and justify it by telling ourselves “that’s just how it works.” But is there a line that shouldn’t be crossed? Apparently not. Recently The Center For Public Integrity complied a database of all the “false statements”, or less eloquently put, lies that the Bush Administration made leading up to the invasion of Iraq. The information they complied was not new or secret and was readily available to the public and officials. It shows all the false statements that the administration, from President Bush down, has made or released during their campaign of propaganda for the war in Iraq. Apparently we only need 935 lies to get us in the fightin’ mood. The President himself made over 500 of them. Some of the key falsities are listed in the main overview but you are also able to search through the database using any of the many search options. They also compiled the statistics into graphs that show the crescendo of lying just before the initial shock and awe campaign and the following ground offensive which continues today. Other graphs chart how public opinion was affected. You can read the overview and search the database yourself at:

Iraq: The War Card

It is important to see how this administration has made us the instigators of a war based completely on lies and have yet to suffer any repercussions. We, as those responsible need to decided what to do with this administration. Whether that’s demanding greater control over matters of war by congress, impeachment, legal punishment by our judicial system, or even turning these people over to the international war crimes tribunal. They have set a scary precedence for the U.S. We never had the moral high ground which use to justify this war. We preemptively invaded another country for no clear reason other then to kill some of them and make some of us rich. Not for our protection as we were told. If we continue to have no accountability for those we put in charge then we are telling our officials "hey its ok as long as you lie to us first." If nothing happens to these people then I guess we did let the terrorists win.