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Originally Posted by -m-  You don't think that using carefully worded but easily misunderstood insinuations to manipulate the American public's view of invading Iraq is dishonest? |
That's just it. I think they were carefully wording each type of assertion just as Zero said. They were forthrightly unambiguous with allegations in some catagories while others they were careful to use qualifiers and disclaimers to avoid the conclusory jump your claiming they intended.
Fact is, for many people who opposed the war there is no conclusion to be drawn other than Bush and Cheney lied and manipulated their comments to encourage public support.... whether the facts support that opinion or not.
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Originally Posted by zerojunkie I mean who really thought Saddam was behind 9/11 leading up to the invasion? |
Excellent point. Who changed their opinion from supporting the war to opposing the war when they found out that Saddam wasn't in on the central planning meetings? There's quite a bit of bullshit leaking out of the argument that Bush lied and manipulated Americans into believing Saddam was elbows deep in 9/11 when the fact is no one ever really bought that notion.... for many reasons, the least of which was the fact that Bush wasn't selling that line of crap.... war opponents were selling the notionb that he was selling it